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The laws of all Central Asian countries guarantee equal rights to all citizens, regardless of gender, nation, or religion. The countries have also ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. But despite all the legislative acts, women’s rights are still being violated in Central Asian countries. (more…)

96 per cent of Kazakhstanis have prejudices against women, according to the Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) of the UN Development Programme. (more…)

In recent years, Uzbekistan has turned into a large construction site. However, the construction initiatives of the authorities were often criticized by citizens who protested against the destruction of cultural heritage sites. The results of this policy were vividly manifested in Samarkand, the oldest city in the region.

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CABAR.asia has prepared information about who, when and what for created this special women’s day.

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Kazakhstan has 694,734 registered persons with disabilities, according to the website “Social protection of people with disabilities” of the ministry of social protection of the population. 56 per cent of them are women. (more…)

The vaccination in the country is going to begin in the first half of March 2021, according to the Sanitary and Epidemiological Wellbeing and Public Health Service of Uzbekistan. (more…)

Navruz Karimov, a participant of the CABAR.asia School of Analytics conducted a study of the most popular topics in the songs of Tajik performers. Methods, results, and conclusions of this study in his article for CABAR.asia

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With new mayor Dzhakhangir Artykkhodzhaev, who was appointed in December 2018, the capital of Uzbekistan did not become more comfortable for people with reduced mobility: ramps are not available everywhere, and those that are available are just for the sake of appearance.
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Tajikistan requested 2 million doses of vaccine from the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca under the international COVAX mechanism. According to the interim forecast, published in early February, Tajikistan will receive 732 thousand doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine in the first half of 2021. The Ministry of Health of Tajikistan did not specify yet when the vaccination will begin, but it is already clear who will be vaccinated first.
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Many workers in Kyrgyzstan are unaware of their labour rights. This quiz will help you to fill the gap in your knowledge.

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