Multimedia / Uzbekistan
According to the statistical data, nearly 53 thousand citizens of five Central Asian countries have died in two years of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the available data, the number of direct or indirect victims of COVID-19 was five times more. Moreover, the majority of “excessive” lethal cases in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan happened not because of the coronavirus infection. (more…)
The article focuses on a comparative analysis of the common and specific elements of the electoral systems of the Central Asian states.
UNICEF analysis shows that children from low-income households are 1.4 times less likely to attend preschool facilities than children from other households. As a result, children living in poverty have less ability to acquire knowledge and skills needed for thriving in adult life. (more…)
he Central Asian region is the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. The common problems of all five countries will be melting glaciers and decreasing surface water runoff, that is, rivers’ water that flows over the soil surface into the lakes, says Andrey Podrezov, Head of the Department of Meteorology, Ecology and Environmental Protection at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University. (more…)
Almost half of Central Asia’s population lives in rural and remote areas and does not have access to the Internet. What is the level of development of mobile communications and the Internet in the countries of the region? What is hindering the development of the telecommunications sector?
A long-awaited global conference will be held in November 2021 – the Climate Change Conference of the Parties. (more…)
The world celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, which was declared to increase awareness of gender inequality and social vulnerability of girls. (more…)