Focus
The Women's Reporting & Dialogue Programme
Years active: 2005-2006
The Women's Reporting & Dialogue Programme - covering non-Arab Muslim countries - will seek to strengthen the capacity of local media and individual journalists to cover gender issues through training and information provision. It also seeks to create a regional network of female journalists whose high-quality output will provide a much-needed source of comprehensive information on gender issues in the regions.
Tajikistan: Hard Life for Rural Women
Women theoretically have the right to run their own farms, but they are still marginalised from real power on the land.
Kuchis Struggling to Survive
Nomad women try to hold families together under tough conditions.
Kazakstan: Kidnapped Brides Controversy
Kazak society is split on the contentious practice of bride abduction, a long-standing tradition for young men looking to marry.
Dagestan: Keeping it in the Family
Long tradition of intermarriage in Dagestan still going strong, despite warnings about the effect on the gene pool.
From Village Life to Prostitution in Dagestan
Women working in illicit brothels increasingly turn out to be from strict traditional backgrounds.
Abortion Used for Sex Selection in Azerbaijan
Azeri women determined to produce a male heir are risking their health in abortion clinics.
Chechnya: No Place Like Home
After long years of wandering, one former refugee is more than happy to brave the daily dangers of life in war torn Chechnya.
Living Dangerously in Afghanistan
As the authorities look on, forced marriages and poverty contribute to a wave of violence against women.
Kyrgyz Prisons Failing Inmates
Both compassion and future prospects for life on the outside are in short supply for women prisoners.