women – Central Asia Program

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

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

Politics, Religion, and Conflict Online in Central Asia

Noah Tucker (Registan.net, and CAP associate) Sarah Kendzior (Al Jazeera and CAP associate) Courtney Ranson (Media research consultant) The Internet and social media are slowly beginning to revolutionize the Islamic… Continue reading Politics, Religion, and Conflict Online in Central Asia

Islam and the Norms of Kyrgyz Society

By Asel Doolotkeldieva

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

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

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