Although the protests were small in scale, activists continue to make strident pleas for President Japarov to address the plight of women and girls in Kyrgyzstan. The gender quota in local ...

"Welcome back to Kyrgyzstan," says Shukur Shermatov, addressing a class of 20 women. He is wearing a traditional felt cap, but there is nothing traditional about this school. It sits inside two ...

She has signed agreements with five traditional craftspeople in Kyrgyzstan for planning and marketing their products. She once took a seven-hour bus ride to hold direct talks with one of her partners.

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 13. The President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov has signed a law to support women’s entrepreneurship in the country, Trend reports. The new law introduces the ...

In its concluding comments on Kyrgyzstan in 1999, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women condemned reports that lesbians were subject to punishment in Kyrgyzstan, ...

According to her, another thing that Russia and Kyrgyzstan have in common is traditional respectful attitude to women and active role of women in the life of society. "Today's forum is another ...

Soon they will make their way from Kyrgyzstan to the U.S. — from ... Batina and the women she works with craft felt rams, for Mercy Corps and for souvenir shops, and traditional felt house shoes. They ...