Around 200 activists and supporters marched on International Women's Day in the centre of Almaty, marking the largest rally for women’s rights in the history of independent Kazakhstan. After years of ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- On the surface, it might seem like Kazakh officials are responding busily to the most high-profile incident of spousal murder in the country's history. In the capital, Astana, ...

(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 ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called for due process and fairness in the case of Dinara Smailova, a prominent women’s rights advocate in Kazakhstan. HRW expressed concerns that the charges ...

(Berlin, March 7, 2023) – Kazakhstan should ensure that draft laws relating to domestic violence provide maximum protection for women from family violence, including by criminalizing domestic violence ...

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers December 2 to December 8. People, including ...

The Almaty city administration ultimately allowed a number of feminist organizations to hold a rally within Gandhi Park, outside the core of Kazakhstan’s most populous city, for International Women’s ...

The opening of the Almaty Museum may signal a turning point for Kazakhstan’s cultural ambitions. Photo: Alexey Poptsov Like dervishes, dancers turned in circles in their white and rainbow kimonos in ...