Women's rights

Alimony in Kazakstan: Can Pay, Won't Pay

Legal system has been slow to enforce payment orders on wayward ex-husbands.

6 May 15

A 100-metre walk home under mortar fire brings a strange sort of indifference.

24 Apr 15

Woman detained for “crime” of sitting next to male bus driver.

22 Apr 15

In the midst of crisis, authorities seem to be prioritising unnecessary, bad laws.

17 Apr 15

Narrow escape for a woman whose “offence” is waiting in a shop while the owner is out at the mosque.

18 Mar 15

A cleric says women’s shelters reflect Islamic values, but some men resent them.

11 Mar 15

Women face great perils just to go about their business in an Islamic State stronghold in Syria.

23 Feb 15

After past failures, campaigners are optimistic that parliament will pass the new legislation this time round.

5 Feb 15

Wives left behind to manage households as husbands make new lives abroad and stop sending money home.

27 Jan 15

Custom often dictates that boys get an education while girls are left "one step behind", speakers at discussion events say.

17 Dec 14

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