(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 ...

Kazakhstan has officially outlawed forced marriages and bride kidnappings, enacting a law that imposes severe penalties, ...

ASTANA – Twenty-one-year-old grandmaster Bibisara Assaubayeva has triumphantly completed the prestigious FIDE Women’s Grand ...

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 ...

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, ...

STORY: In a trial that has gripped Kazakhstan, former economy minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev is accused of beating his wife to death. As the case is broadcast online, it's seen by some as a litmus test ...

In the last few months, several horrific cases of violence against women broke onto headlines in Central Asia. In September, it was Asel Nogoibaeva, tortured by her ex-husband for hours in front of ...

The U.S. fell seven places in an annual global ranking of women’s health, landing at 30th place alongside Kazakhstan and Mauritius. The health index, created by women’s health innovation company ...

Ahead of International Women’s Day, Reuters decided to prepare a feature story about an unusual woman. We filmed Makpal Abdrazakova, apparently the only female golden eagle hunter in Kazakhstan. I’ve ...

More than 500 boxers from 66 countries competed at the event which took place in the UK city Liverpool. View on euronews ...

Iran, which had lost to Japan 30-18 in its opening match, will play South Korea on Sunday. The Championship is taking place from August 20 to 29 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This year’s edition features ...

Kazakhstan bans forced marriages and bride kidnappings, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, aiming to protect vulnerable citizens.