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In order to avoid the record fiscal deficit in the country’s history, Kyrgyzstan had to reduce costs almost by one third. This economy cut has affected the republic’s social obligations as well.
The internet penetration rate in Kazakhstan approaches 90 per cent. It carries both new opportunities and new problems for users – the state can violate digital rights of its citizens. CABAR.asia figured out what digital rights are and what is considered a violation and restriction of rights in the digital environment. (more…)
The government of Kazakhstan has admitted that there are much more poor people in the country than is shown in the official statistics. Specialists of the relevant ministry tried to count all those in need of help, according to European standards. Almost half of registered households of Kazakhstan turned out to be at the bad, crisis, emergency social levels.
“He’s insane, defective” this is the evaluation of children with special educational needs. The society “pushes” these children out to special boarding schools and gets asocial adults who are not adapted to life. Instead, it is better to create the inclusive educational environment. Kazakhstan is trying to do it, but not very successful so far. (more…)
Events in Ukraine have had a limited direct impact on the poverty level in Kyrgyzstan. However, if the conflict continues for 3-5 years, it will probably have a significant impact on the standard of living in the republic.
How was the colonial policy of the USSR and tsarist Russia manifested itself in Central Asia and what was the stimulus for active decolonial discourse in the regional states.
In 2022, the ministry of education detected over a hundred children who do not attend school because of religious beliefs of their parents. But even the agency admits that the figure could be much higher in fact. (more…)
Out of the 95 thousand spousal support payers in Tajikistan, only one thousand officially have arrears in payments. However, experts say the authorities are downplaying the statistics, and in fact, about 90 percent of those payers in Tajikistan don’t fulfill their obligations to support their children. (more…)
In Tajikistan, more than 800,000 subscribers who failed to re-register their SIM cards may be disconnected from mobile phone service. (more…)