Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by TALANT Bermet
Pleas for civility and respect from Zere Asylbek, a songwriter in Bishkek, have been drowned by rage over her clothing.
A feminist manifesto sung by a 19-year-old Kyrgyz student has rekindled debates over women’s rights in Kyrgyzstan. The spectrum of public reaction has ranged from a supportive (...)
, by LEONARD Peter
A 2012 government survey found that 28 percent of women or girls in Kyrgyzstan had experienced physical, sexual, or emotional abuse by a spouse or partner.
After sustaining severe beatings from her partner, Asya telephoned the police, seeking help in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s southern capital. “They (...)
, by TRILLING David
American taxpayers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars refurbishing a women’s shelter outside Kyrgyzstan’s capital less than five years ago. Though the Central Asian country is desperately short of such crisis centers, the shelter never functioned and, a member of parliament now says, was (...)
, by KALYBEKOVA Asel
Although bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan has primarily happened in the countryside, the illegal activity is taking place in Bishkek as well. As rural migrants flood into the city, young men too poor to afford the pageantry of a traditional wedding opt instead to kidnap a bride.
Seven years ago (...)
, by TRILLING David
Kyrgyzstan’s Culture Ministry says The Vagina Monologues advocates “unnatural, perverted sex under the slogan of feminism.”
Authorities at Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture want to ban a play that discusses domestic abuse and sexual violence because it “promotes scenes that destroy moral and (...)
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