On December 9th, 2010, a ceremonial presentation of «Right to Health» Humanitarian Photo Project took place. The heroes of the project were women that were serving their terms at Irkutsk Oblast penitentiaries. Irkutsk Oblast branch of the Russian Red Cross initiated the event. The author of works was a famous Irkutsk photo artist Mark Rybak.
«The idea came to my mind 40 days ago, and today one can see its implementation. The project results are evident. It is pleasant to notice that the project has drawn a wide response, and it is just the beginning», said the project coordinator, Michael Ushakov, an intern of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The event was devoted to Human Rights Day, which is annually celebrated on December 10th. The goal of the photo project was to attract attention of Irkutsk Oblast and Irkutsk city local authorities, businesses, and general public to the issue of regular prevention necessity at Irkutsk Oblast penitentiaries and socialization of women-ex-prisoners.
At «Right to Health» Humanitarian Photo Project Inauguration, project managers appealed to the guests with the request to financially support Red Cross projects, which were implemented at Irkutsk Oblast penitentiaries.
At the Project Inauguration, «Right to Health» Project managers appealed to guests to give financial support to Red Cross prevention projects, which were implemented at Irkutsk Oblast penitentiaries. The following guests participated in the event: P.V. Radchenko, Lieutenant General of Internal Service, Head of Federal Penitentiary Service Headquarters in Irkutsk Oblast; T.V. Semeikina, Irkutsk Oblast Legislative Assembly member, Public Health and Social Protection Committee Chair; I.V.Ezhova, Deputy Chair of Irkutsk City Duma, representatives of Ministry of Social Development, representatives of Ministry of Social Development, Guardianship, and Custody, Irkutsk Oblast Ministry of Education, businesses and mass media.
20 photos were exposed, on which moments of inmates’ lives were depicted: women at work, at rest, or while taking a walk. When the women were taken pictures of, they told their stories, shared their impressions, and told what «Right to Health» meant to them.
Among the depicted women, there were clients of Irkutsk Oblast branch of the Russian Red Cross, who were either on case management or regularly received services on socially significant disease prevention.

Our sponsors:
- Federal Penitentiary Service Headquarters in Irkutsk Oblast
- United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Moscow;
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR);
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime