Women

Azeri Bride Kidnappers Risk Heavy Sentences

Lawmakers have cracked down, but activists fear promise of long prison terms for kidnappers may prove hollow.

17 Nov 05

From Baku to Dushanbe, anger and frustration is growing over government curbs on the Muslim headscarf.

17 Nov 05

Sex education remains a controversial topic in Kyrgyzstan, where abortion is usually the solution to unwanted pregnancies.

3 Nov 05

Women influenced by television glamour are eager to spruce up their image - but their quest for beauty can result in disaster.

3 Nov 05

Their conditions of employment seem commendable, but female oil workers say in reality things are very different.

3 Nov 05

Without the pressures of marriage and motherhood, some disabled women in Dagestan overcome overwhelming prejudice.

3 Nov 05

Mothers are passing on a legacy of illness to their children.

20 Oct 05

Though most agree they do good work, women-led NGOs are vulnerable to accusations of being too close to the government.

20 Oct 05

Unlike its counterparts in the West, a new women’s shelter in Tajikistan aims to reunite troubled families.

20 Oct 05

Poverty and lack of legal status hit women hardest in the refugee community.

20 Oct 05

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