(Berlin, June 24, 2025) – A woman from western Kazakhstan who experienced two decades of severe domestic abuse by her former husband is to be retried for allegedly conspiring to murder him, Human ...

The Altai district court in the East Kazakhstan region said on December 27 that it had handed a deferred five-year prison term two weeks earlier to a 43-year-old woman on a charge of online calls for ...

A Kazakh woman, Qalima Zhaparova, shouted "Glory to Ukraine!" in a courtroom on May 24 after a judge in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent found her guilty of inciting ethnic hatred and handed her ...

ALMATY (Reuters) - The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President ...

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 ...

Kazakhstan’s women entrepreneurs drive growth as state and EBRD back female-led SMEs Kazakhstan is emerging as a regional leader in female entrepreneurship. In partnership with MDQ READ MORE : ...

A high-profile trial in Kazakhstan is highlighting the entrenched problem of domestic violence in the country. The court proceedings against former Minister of Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev are being ...

BUFFALO, NY- November 22, 2023 – A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on October 4, 2023, entitled, “Determination of genetic predisposition to early breast cancer in women of ...

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers December 2 to December 8. People, including ...

Despite vows by Kazakhstan’s leadership to make women safer, traditional gender roles are continuously reinforced, creating harmful conditions for women. These gender roles are also echoed by the ...

Aizhan Kassymbek‘s Kazakh film “Madina,” world premiering at the Tokyo International Film Festival‘s Asian Future strand, aims to shatter patriarchy both on and off screen. On screen, the film is ...