Although the protests were small in scale, activists continue to make strident pleas for President Japarov to address the plight of women and girls in Kyrgyzstan. The gender quota in local ...

A feminist art exhibition involving naked women in the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek has ignited a public row that's cost the director of the venue her job. The culture ministry condemned the event for ...

In its concluding comments on Kyrgyzstan in 1999, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women condemned reports that lesbians were subject to punishment in Kyrgyzstan, ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan—Despite being forcibly repatriated from this central Asian nation, Kyushu native Misuzu Ogata returned to her “second home” here to promote the country’s culture to ...

Three and a half days climbing the mountain, cold nights spent in a portaledge, difficult weather conditions - all this resulted in a great experience for the women. Alexander Block is located in ...