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Despite the rapid decline in suicide rates over the last decade, every day one Kyrgyzstani citizen dies by suicide. What is more concerning is that the actual number might be much higher considering the stigma around this topic which often complicates data evaluation. For example, the World Health Organization stopped displaying data after 2020, making the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic the only available data source. (more…)
Seventh-grader Amina from Tajikistan just wanted to study, enjoy her school days and dream about the future. But fear became her constant companion. A boy from a parallel class harassed her for two and a half years, manipulated and forced her into sexual acts. (more…)
The provision of gas supply to private houses in Bishkek is considered an essential measure to improve the air quality. However, half of residents of the new gas supplied residential areas still use coal for heating. According to experts, the success of the programme depends on the mass switching to gas. Otherwise, the situation will not improve.
Residents of Bokhtar, the provincial centre of Tajikistan’s Khatlon Oblast, complain of delays in rubbish collection and filthy streets.
Turning a desert into a forest: Otabek Nuriddinov and his struggle for the green Uzbekistan
A story about Otabek Nuriddinov, an enthusiast who plants forest in Uzebkistan’s drylands.
The story of Ruzigul Safarova, the only female head of a regional environmental department. She worked for 35 years protecting nature and was recently fired.
About successes and problems of beekeeping – storytelling about the activities of hereditary beekeepers in Uzbekistan, married couple Sergey and Galina Litvinenko.
We will tell you about the negative impact the Internet can have on children’s lives and how to keep them safe online.
Experts monitoring the Central Asian car market remember 2023 as the year of the electric vehicle boom. Authorities encouraging the import of electric cars emphasize that this type of transport will improve the environmental situation. However, can electric cars be called unconditionally clean transport from an environmental standpoint? (more…)