Kyrgyzstan is the only country in Central Asia where the number of female migrant workers exceeds that of men, with a sizeable proportion of the women under the age of 20. But some politicians in the ...

BISHKEK -- This time last year, six women activists were among more than two dozen people arrested and jailed in a crackdown on dissent that marked a turning point for the rule of Kyrgyz President ...

Women in Kyrgyzstan will now face fines for wearing the full-body niqab, under a January ban that has now received the backing of the country's top Islamic authority. Calling the niqab "alien to our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- After three months of dating, Melis Aliyev thought it was time he and Ainur Tairova married. Tairova balked. So Aliyev turned to a practice viewed by many Kyrgyz people as ...

One woman’s battle to turn the tide against patriarchal norms in Kyrgyzstan has produced a mixed victory. In a ruling made public this week, the Constitutional Court decreed that citizens will be ...

Philippines-based Fire and Ice Media has nabbed Asian sales rights to “Kurak,” a powerful Kyrgyz drama tackling violence against women, and is introducing the film to buyers at Berlin’s European Film ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Reaching for the stars will no longer be impossible for girls and young women in Kyrgyzstan, who aim to build and launch the country's first satellite before 2020 ...

The wife of a former ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the United States will speak at a Brigham Young University Women's Studies Colloquium on Thursday, Oct. 12, at noon. Cholpon Akmatalieva will diiscuss ...

On a hot summer day, the women of Kök-Tash took a break to play football. It was a rare joy amid a difficult life on the border. Women play football near Kök-Tash village. Credit: Danil Usmanov July ...