A virtual event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University on Ocotber 27, 2022. This panel proposes an interdisciplinary look at the culture of shame in Central… Continue reading Uyat and the Culture of Shame in Central Asia
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Negotiating Gender in Central Asia
With estimates ranging from 5,000 to 7,000 men and women migrating to Syria and Iraq from the Central Asian states since April 2013, the region ranks third in supplying foreign… Continue reading Negotiating Gender in Central Asia
Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan: A Reflection of Conservative Values?
By Nadira Mukhamejan and Aidana Zhakypbekova Nadira Mukhamejan is a master’s student in International Master in Security, Strategy and Intelligence (IMSISS) with a BA in International Relations from the Kazakh-German… Continue reading Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan: A Reflection of Conservative Values?
Women Forging Peace in the Ferghana Valley? An Analysis of Gender Inclusion in Peacebuilding and Transboundary Water Resource Management Projects in the Ferghana Valley
by Jahan Taganova and Jaclyn Best with contributions from Annagul Yaryyeva, Zaida Aurora Cholico Santoyo, Mekan Narliyev Jahan Taganova is a Turkmenistani activist, feminist, and professional who works at the… Continue reading Women Forging Peace in the Ferghana Valley? An Analysis of Gender Inclusion in Peacebuilding and Transboundary Water Resource Management Projects in the Ferghana Valley
Facilitators of Societal Change? Exploring Educated-Abroad Youth’s Potential to Advance Gender Equality in Turkmenistan Through Civic Activism
By Rustam Muhamedov Muhamedov Rustam was a Spring 2021CAAFP Fellow. He is an independent researcher focusing on social-political and security developments in Turkmenistan and wider Central Asia. He is currently… Continue reading Facilitators of Societal Change? Exploring Educated-Abroad Youth’s Potential to Advance Gender Equality in Turkmenistan Through Civic Activism
Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan
By Moldir Kabylova Moldir is a PhD student in Public Policy at University of Nottingham, UK. The main theme of the research work she is conducting for her PhD thesis is… Continue reading Examining the Causes of Femicide in Kazakhstan
The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan
Hélène Thibault has been Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, since 2016. She specializes in ethnography, gender, and the securitization of Islam in Central Asia. She is… Continue reading The Many Faces of Polygyny in Kazakhstan
Cinema Club Film Screening: Daughter in law
Directed by Khodjakuli Narliev (Turkmenistan, 1972) A woman whose husband has been killed in WWII lives with her father-in-law in the desert. She cannot leave and go back to her family,… Continue reading Cinema Club Film Screening: Daughter in law
International Water Day
With Marlene Laruelle, Central Asia Program, George Washington University Julia Collins, Women and Water Project Marcus King, George Washington University Barbara Miller, Global Gender Program, George Washington University Amanda Klasing,… Continue reading International Water Day
Women Face-to-Face with Domestic Abuse during COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Kyrgyzstan
By Asylai Akisheva Asylai Akisheva is a PhD candidate at Koç University Law School (Turkey). Her main area of research includes Legal Gender Studies and Women’s Rights. She holds an… Continue reading Women Face-to-Face with Domestic Abuse during COVID-19 Lockdown: The Case of Kyrgyzstan
Women of Uzbekistan: Empowered on Paper, Inferior on the Ground
By Nozima Davletova CAP Paper 223 (CAAF Fellows Papers), July 2019 Nozima Davletova is a lecturer at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, where she also leads the… Continue reading Women of Uzbekistan: Empowered on Paper, Inferior on the Ground
Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan
By Karlygash Kabatova CAP Fellows Paper 200 (CAAF Fellows Papers), January 2018 Karlygash Kabatova is a researcher currently interested in how society development and sexuality education interrelate. Together with a… Continue reading Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan
The Marginalization of Rural Women Entrepreneurs in Tajikistan
By Dilorom Boqikhodjaeva
Female Virtue, Religion and State Ideology in Tajikistan
By Hélène Thibault
Women’s Rights, Taliban, and Reconciliation: An Overview
By Antonio Giustozzi
Emigration of “Crème de la crème” in Uzbekistan. A Gender Perspective
Central Asia Fellowship Papers No. 8, March 2015 By Marina Kayumova Marina Kayumova (Uzbekistan) has considerable international work experience, during which she was exposed to a variety of projects within public and private… Continue reading Emigration of “Crème de la crème” in Uzbekistan. A Gender Perspective
Quotes on Quotas? Political Representation of Women in Kyrgyzstan in the 2007 and 2010 Convocations
Central Asia Fellowship Papers No. 7, March 2015 By Natalia Zakharchenko Natalia Zakharchenko (Kyrgyzstan) is an alumni of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. She is currently working as an Assistant to a baseline study at… Continue reading Quotes on Quotas? Political Representation of Women in Kyrgyzstan in the 2007 and 2010 Convocations
Women and Water in Central and South Asia
By Marlene Laruelle, Ariana Rabindranath, and Julia Collins
The Hidden War Against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan
Voices From Central Asia No. 4, August 2012 By Sima Samar Afghanistan has the second highest maternal mortality rate in the world, and one in four children who succumb before the age… Continue reading The Hidden War Against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan
