Tajikistan

Tajikistan: Girls Lose Out on Schooling

Financial pressures add to commonly-held view that girls need education less than boys. Khosiat Najmiddinova’s two younger daughters may never finish school, as she sees education as a priority only for her sons. “To be honest, the children don’t have the clothes to go to school,” said the mother of six from the Tajik capital Dushanbe. “As well as clothing, they also need school stuff, and I can’t afford to provide it for all of them.”

Tajikistan: Marriage Vows Not Always Enough in Tajikistan

Married women in Tajikistan are being deprived of property rights, especially if they get married without going through the legal formalities.

Tajikistan: UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Concludes Visit to Tajikistan

On 23 May 2008, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, Yakin Ertürk, delivered the following statement:

Tajikistan: UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women to visit Tajikistan

Prof. Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, will conduct an official visit to Tajikistan, at the invitation of the Government, from 15 to 23 May 2008.

Tadjikistan: “Pénurie” inédite au Tadjikistan

Sept femmes pour un homme...

Tajikistan: Tajiks with HIV/AIDS suffer in silence

Only when Tajikistan breaks down the walls of silence and prejudice surrounding HIV/AIDS can it hope to slow infection rates.

Tajikistan: Tajik Women’s Groups Press for Domestic Violence Law

As more and more suicides among women are attributed to violence in the home, pressure is building for a law to end the climate of impunity.

Tajikistan: Polygamy research

This report focuses polygamy in Tajikistan. The research was carried out by the women’s NGO “Traditions and Modernity” within the project “Providing Support to Women and Reduction of Violence Against Women in Tajikistan” supported by SDC.

Tajikistan: Taking steps against the discrimination of women

Participants in a roundtable on equality between men and women in Tajikistan have stressed the need for accessible and fast mechanisms for enforcing legal provisions.