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In Kyrgyzstan, the number of people with disabilities is increasing annually, but the number of employed people with disabilities is consistently decreasing. Currently, over 190 thousand people with disabilities live in Kyrgyzstan, and 80% of them are unemployed. According to the National Statistical Committee and the Ombudsman’s report on the observance of human and civil rights and freedoms, both indicators are growing every year. (more…)
The coronavirus pandemic has aggravated the risk of trafficking in persons, especially for women and children, UN said. According to the organisation, 70 per cent of victims of trafficking are women, including nearly 20 per cent of minors. 20 per cent of victims are adult men, and the rest are boys. (more…)
In 2020, Kyrgyzstan faced a 20 per cent decline in the commodity turnover. Whereas exports declined by 1.1 per cent only during the coronavirus pandemic, imports fell by 26.2 per cent or 1.3 billion dollars. (more…)
Not only ecologists are talking about emissions of carbon dioxide, plastic pollution of the planet, global warming, and other environmental problems. There are more and more people who are trying to lead an eco-friendly lifestyle. But sometimes out of good intentions, in order to help nature, people take actions that not only do not help to cope with the ecological crisis but also harm the planet.
According to the Ministry of Health and Social Development, over 505 thousand people in Kyrgyzstan were vaccinated as of August 5, 2021. It amounts to 14.8 per cent of the total number of citizens subject to vaccination. Both doses were administered to over 135,000 people. (more…)
In Kyrgyzstan, only every seventh medical worker who had had coronavirus received promised compensation from the government.
Kazakhstan is the second significant country of destination of migrant workers from Central Asia after Russia. According to experts, more than 2 million people enter it to find a job. Very often, adults come with children, thus involving them to the unsafe migration process.
At the end of July 2021, the parliament of Kyrgyzstan adopted new versions of the Criminal, Criminal Procedure Codes and Code of Offences on the second and third readings. According to experts, they curtail civil rights, reduce humanisation and cause a high risk of corruption. (more…)
Global warming became one of the most important problems in the world. It’s consequences are also present in Central Asia in forms of accelerated rate of glacial melting, rise of rivers’ level, hotter and drier summer. (more…)
Balkhash, the largest lake in Kazakhstan (14th in the world), could dry up and repeat the fate of the Aral Sea due to China’s intensive water withdrawal, unsustainable agriculture and the effects of climate change.