With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities have been increasingly targetting Central Asian migrants for military recruitment. Russian authorities often use arbitrary detention ...

Just weeks after a four-day border war in 2022, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Tajik leader Emomali Rahmon couldn't shake hands. Now, as they prepare to put a border dispute behind them, they are ...

Having banned 'foreign clothes', Tajikistan's president is set to issue 'scientific' advice on what women should wear. Some ...

Polish border guards detained a Ukrainian woman who was sentenced in Kazakhstan to 12 years in prison for participating in an organised criminal group trading in human organs and selling 56 kidneys, ...

Kenya’s flyweight Veronica Mbithe (left) reacts after Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova was declared winner of their IBA Women’s ...

Ten years ago this month, a group of women known as China’s Feminist Five were arrested for raising awareness about sexual ...

Despite progress for women's and girls' rights around the world, these gains are fragile. In 2024, one in four countries in ...

Restrictions on women's labor exist not only in Russia, but also, for example, in Belarus, Tajikistan, China, and India. For ...

There are still several March 2025 holidays and happenings, from daylight saving, a lunar eclipse and the first day of spring ...

Saturday is International Women’s Day — a day that honors the achievements of women while also advocating for gender equality. International Women’s Day has been taking place on March 8 for more than ...

Over 2,000 cases of domestic violence, 500 cases of honor killings, and 5,000 cases of rape were reported across Pakistan in ...

Women in Tajikistan are being advised by the government to dress more "Tajik-style" and not wear either revealing Western ...