Women

Kyrgyzstan: Forgotten Revolutionaries

Women played a key role in the “Tulip Revolution” but are now in danger of being forgotten by the country’s new leaders.

6 Oct 05

Female sports, even when conducted away from public view, remains a sensitive issue.

6 Oct 05

Homophobia is rife in Kyrgyzstan with gay women particularly susceptible to discrimination.

6 Oct 05

The myth that birth control pills cause facial hair is one of many Azeri misconceptions about contraception.

6 Oct 05

The quest for the Nobel Peace Prize is proving more trouble than it’s worth for Uzbek women nominees.

22 Sep 05

Sense of hopelessness and despair prompts growing numbers of rural women to turn to drink.

22 Sep 05

Maternal mortality rates in some parts of country said to be the highest in the world.

8 Sep 05

Kazak society is split on the contentious practice of bride abduction, a long-standing tradition for young men looking to marry.

25 Aug 05

Long tradition of intermarriage in Dagestan still going strong, despite warnings about the effect on the gene pool.

25 Aug 05

Women theoretically have the right to run their own farms, but they are still marginalised from real power on the land.

25 Aug 05

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