BISHKEK -- Hundreds of activists in Kyrgyzstan -- which the United Nations has chided for having issues with gender-based violence -- have rallied to demand equal rights for women as they mark ...

BISHKEK -- This time last year, six women activists were among more than two dozen people arrested and jailed in a crackdown on dissent that marked a turning point for the rule of Kyrgyz President ...

In rural Kyrgyzstan, an estimated 1 in 3 marriages begin with an abduction, researchers and rights groups say. Unaware of abductors waiting for them outside their workplace or home, women are forcibly ...

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 February 2025 – Wildberries, one of the largest e-commerce platforms in Eurasia, has become an official partner of Women in Tech Kyrgyzstan, part of a ...

A chartered plane flew into Kyrgyzstan from Syria last week carrying 59 Kyrgyz nationals in the latest phase on an ongoing mission to repatriate the families of militant fighters who enlisted in the ...

A recent grisly case in Kyrgyzstan has once more highlighted the dangers experienced daily not only by women, but also children. The reaction of officials and faith leaders is suggestive about why the ...

Good luck to the women of Kyrgyzstan! People should not be criminalized for offering sexual services or offering to pay for them. It’s a reactionary, moralistic crusade that simply drives the business ...

Women and girls with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan experience abuse including rape, beatings, neglect, and humiliation, often by those closest to them, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reaching for the stars will no longer be impossible for girls and young women in Kyrgyzstan, who aim to build and launch the country's first satellite before 2020 ...

The wife of a former ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the United States will speak at a Brigham Young University Women's Studies Colloquium on Thursday, Oct. 12, at noon. Cholpon Akmatalieva will diiscuss ...