A book published by the government in Tajikistan is telling women what they should - and should not - be wearing. The "Book of Recommendations" is published by the Ministry of Culture, and is ...
Central Asian governments must do more to provide a robust response to domestic violence, equal protection to survivors of abuse, and protect women’s rights both in policy and practice.
Tajik authorities have intensified raids targeting fortune tellers ... Most of those who seek help from soothsayers and faith ...
Tajik mosques repair Lenin statue Tajik book tells women how to dress Russian child gets army call-up papers Even more unusual is the story of Bobomurod Rajabov, a 62-year old man who says ...
To address this issue, UNODC organized a consultation dialogue with civil society organizations in Dushanbe, on 19 December ...
You might not expect a country with a 95% Muslim population to ban the hijab but that's exactly what happened in Tajikistan last week. The central Asian nation's parliament has approved a bill to ...
The Martin Ennals Award, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for human rights, is to go to Zholya Parsi, a women's rights activist in Afghanistan, and imprisoned Tajik lawyer Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov.
The 23-year-old from a small village in Tajikistan hoped to join his uncle and cousins working in construction in the Russian capital and save enough money to return home and find a bride.
New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $17.5 million in grants to support improvement in women’s ...