Landmark buildings across Kazakhstan were lit up in orange to mark the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence ...

From bootstrapped startups to the region’s first female-focused venture fund, Kazakhstan’s women are breaking barriers, transforming industries, and redefining what it means to lead in tech.

PART I Driving east out of Almaty, skyscrapers and American-style malls gradually give way to modest apartment blocks, unassuming mom-and-pop shops and greasy-spoon restaurants. But every summer, the ...

(Berlin, February 5, 2023) – Kazakhstan authorities should guarantee that they are not targeting a well-known women’s rights advocate with criminal charges in retaliation for her work, Human Rights ...

(Berlin, April 23, 2024) – Kazakhstan’s President Kasym-Jomart Tokayev signed a new law on April,15, 2024, to strengthen protections from violence for women and children, including domestic violence ...

Despite vows by Kazakhstan’s leadership to make women safer, traditional gender roles are continuously reinforced, creating harmful conditions for women. These gender roles are also echoed by the ...

This article was written by Nazerke Kurmangazinova for Vlast.kz. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. After studying Kazakhstan’s food culture and ...

PART II Click here to read Part I Amid the struggles of Kazakhstan’s Uyghur community to preserve cultural traditions, weddings have endured as one of the few institutions capable of fostering social ...