Central Asian governments must do more to provide a robust response to domestic violence, equal protection to survivors of abuse, and protect women’s rights both in policy and practice.

Women’s bodily autonomy came under attack in 2024 with authorities targeting both secular style of clothing and religious, while domestic violence remained decriminalized. In 2024, Tajik authorities ...

In 2017, a number of mobile phone users received messages from the government urging women to wear Tajik national attire. The ...

Train conductor Airkir Duliki guides passengers to board the train orderly at a train station along the railway route linking Kashgar of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Chengdu ...

Tamkin Mehrabuddin and her sister were preparing lunch in their home in Tajikistan when police officers knocked on their door. The two Afghan women were ordered to accompany them to a police ...

The Martin Ennals Award, often referred to as the Nobel Prize for human rights, is to go to Zholya Parsi, a women's rights activist in Afghanistan, and imprisoned Tajik lawyer Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov.