kazakhstan
How psychiatric services work in Central Asian states (more…)
Karaganda is one of the largest coal-mining regions in Kazakhstan. There are about 32 thousand miners in the region. However, every third of them developed health conditions or became disabled while working at the mine. (more…)
Human rights activists are concerned over the updated rules of medical examination of transgender people in Kazakhstan. They restrict access of transgender people to medical assistance, deprive them of a chance to socialise and live in security.
According to experts, in Kazakhstan, about 80% of facilities are inaccessible for people with disabilities, and 20% can be considered partially accessible.
In 2020, the number of internet frauds in Kazakhstan increased by 70.6 per cent, according to the legal statistics and special records committee of the General Prosecutor’s Office.
In 2020, the number of investment pyramid schemes sharply increased in Kazakhstan. The losses from such activities of “fundraising business” increased tenfold during the past year. Despite the widespread informational propaganda of financial literacy, Kazakhstan residents continue to give their savings to fraudsters of all kinds.
From household tasks to labour rights, the pandemic has aggravated endemic gender inequality. (more…)
96 per cent of Kazakhstanis have prejudices against women, according to the Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI) of the UN Development Programme. (more…)
IWPR has united experienced and beginning podcasters of Central Asia, Russia and United Kingdom at the online festival “Hello Podcasters!”.