Azerbaijan: Abortion Used for Family Planning
The myth that birth control pills cause facial hair is one of many Azeri misconceptions about contraception.
The myth that birth control pills cause facial hair is one of many Azeri misconceptions about contraception.
The quest for the Nobel Peace Prize is proving more trouble than it’s worth for Uzbek women nominees.
Sense of hopelessness and despair prompts growing numbers of rural women to turn to drink.
Maternal mortality rates in some parts of country said to be the highest in the world.
Kazak society is split on the contentious practice of bride abduction, a long-standing tradition for young men looking to marry.
Long tradition of intermarriage in Dagestan still going strong, despite warnings about the effect on the gene pool.
Women theoretically have the right to run their own farms, but they are still marginalised from real power on the land.
Azeri women determined to produce a male heir are risking their health in abortion clinics.
Women working in illicit brothels increasingly turn out to be from strict traditional backgrounds.
After long years of wandering, one former refugee is more than happy to brave the daily dangers of life in war torn Chechnya.