‘Can I complain while we’re at war?’: Ukraine’s domestic violence dilemma Published by The Guardian, 13 August 2024 Nearly 300,000 cases were registered last year, but victims often prefer to keep quiet where servicemen are involved In May this year, Lubov Nedoriz, a volunteer social worker, received a call from the police in Pervomaiskyi, a …

Kyrgyzstan’s President amends legislation on protection from domestic, sexual and gender-based violence   08.08.2024   Article published on the 24.g website   Kyrgyzstan’s President Sadyr Zhaparov has signed a law On Amendments to Legislative Acts for Protection from Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, according to a statement issued by the head of State’s Press Office. …

Moldova to set up a Committee to Protect Pensioners and People with Disabilities   08.08.2024   Article published on the infotag.md website   Moldova is to create a National Committee for the Protection of Pensioners and People with Disabilities, which intends to make its presence felt prior to the upcoming Presidential election.   This was …

Proposal to involve CSOs in preventing violations of migration legislation   08.08.2024   Article published on the ASI website   According to Izvestia, Yaroslav Nilov, head of the State Duma’s Labour, Social Policy and Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has drafted a bill that would enable CSOs to work on preventing violations of migration laws.   Under …

Mikhail Mishustin orders work on the national Family project to be finalised   08.08.2024   Article published on the ASI website   Following a strategy session in the Federation’s Council of Ministers in July, Russia’s Prime Minister ordered work on the national Family project to be finalised. He endorsed the general approach and the list …

Eighty-six percent of entrepreneurs have implemented a socially useful project at least once in the last two years   02.08.2024   Article published on the ASI website   12.6 million entrepreneurs and self-employed people believe that their business should benefit society.   The Russian Ministry of Economic Development, Sberbank and the Public Opinion Foundation have …

The Russian Council of Ministers has approved formal guidelines for a comprehensive habilitation and rehabilitation of people with disabilities   01.08.2024   Article published on the ASI website   It has been decided to involve scientific organisations and civil society associations for disabled people in establishing proper habilitation and rehabilitation standards.   Russia’s Prime Minister …

The Russian Tripartite Commission supports the idea of increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities   29.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   This initiative will contribute to the social and professional integration of people with disabilities in the labour market.   Following a recent meeting of the Russian Tripartite Commission (RTC) on …

Georgian opposition deputies file a law-suit against the “Russian law” on foreign agents in the country’s Constitutional Court   22.07.2024   Article published on the net.gazeti.ge website   Representatives from Georgia’s parliamentary opposition are demanding that the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” be repealed as it does not comply with Articles 22 and 78 …

Published by: RFE/RL (Current Time) (www.rferl.org, www.rferl.org/author/current-time)      on 27 July 2024 Original article: https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-cousin-marriage-ban-consanguineous/33052359.html   Sirojiddin Toghaev is dependent on crutches, a wheelchair, or scooter to move around. A resident of Uzbekistan’s southeastern Surkhondaryo region, he blames his health condition on being born in a consanguineous marriage. “My father married his cousin, the …