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Gender-based violence, including domestic and intimate partner violence, is rarely discussed in traditional and patriarchal communities in Kyrgyzstan. Baatyrzhan Giazov is an imam who has been working with his community in Osh to change this.
19 March 2020
A recent youth exchange from Kyrgyzstan to Germany highlighted some of the shared challenges young people face around the world, and also provided some lessons and cultural insights for its participants.
4 September 2019
In Kyrgyzstan, social pressures to host costly and exuberant celebrations and rituals can leave the hosts feeling the heavy costs. They may be forced into debt or have to work abroad for a better income to pay these debts off. In Samarkandek, in the south-west of the country, communities have come together to find ways to address the problem.
31 May 2019
Girls in the Jalal-Abad province of Kyrgyzstan regularly drop out of school. In response, 15-year-old Zareena Mazhirova is raising awareness of the opportunities for girls in her community.
21 December 2018
In Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second largest city, a group of young peacebuilders were trained in filmmaking and chose to raise awareness of the challenges around getting an education by making a short film.
17 July 2018
We spoke to Munduz Usenova, senior juvenile inspector from the Batken Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) in Kyrgyzstan, about the challenges of being a woman in the police service and what she has learnt over the years.
13 July 2018