Central Asia
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Disability is no longer invisible in Mongolia
Advocacy groups and nongovernmental organizations in Mongolia have been working for many years to raise awareness about the challenges people with disabilities face participating in their communities. One of the […]
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Kyrgyzstan: Doctors alarmed as parents shun vaccination
Aisha, a mother of five, takes her seven-month-old son Ismail with her when she’s out and about in Bishkek.
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Uzbek-language education declines in Tajikistan
Ethnic Uzbeks living in western Tajikistan say opportunities to be taught in their own language have been dramatically curtailed.
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Tajikistan: Big brother has eyes in the classroom and beyond
Mehrinisso loves teaching, but finds the closed-circuit surveillance cameras in her classroom unsettling.
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Islamic dress as bar to female education in Tajikistan
Government seems to equate headscarves with security threats posed by militant groups.
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Kyrgyzstan ends Uzbek-language university entrance exams
As graduates prep for the crucial tests, those from the country’s largest minority wonder if there is any point in taking them.
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Tajik Gypsy children miss out on education
Economic and cultural factors result in poor school attendance.
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Kyrgyz migrants’ children left behind
Bubusaira Samatova’s day starts at seven in the morning when she gets her granddaughter Aysalkyn ready for school.
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Kyrgyzstan’s schools mirror and breed social inequality
As her six-year-old daughter prepares to start school this September, Alina Bilyaletdinova says that sifting through online chat forums and scouring media reports of disgraced school principals has become “a full-time job.”
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Afghan youth debates: Khost regional media commit to responsible journalism
Media networks across Khost province in southeastern Afghanistan have pledged to provide robust, impartial coverage of the elections due to be held in just over two weeks’ time.
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