Women in Kyrgyzstan will be fined for wearing a full-body niqab under a new plan that is supported by the country's official Muslim governing body. The authority says the garments could hide ...

Women in Kyrgyzstan will now face fines for wearing the full-body niqab, under a January ban that has now received the backing of the country's top Islamic authority. Calling the niqab "alien to ...

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 ...

Have students write in their journal for five minutes about if they think they will marry. If not, why not? If so, how do they think they will meet the person they will someday marry? When the ...

As we mark International Girls in ICT Day, let’s make sure that every young woman and girl has the chance to be meaningfully connected with ample opportunities to become digital transformation leaders ...

As transformative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence continue to reshape the global economy, millions of women and ...

(Berlin, March 28, 2025) – Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan should place local people’s human rights at the center of the historic deal over their contested border, and provide justice to victims of ...