Turkmenistan’s ban on abortions putting women’s lives at risk   28.08.2024   Article published on the azattyq.org website   Turkmen authorities are increasingly restricting women’s access to an abortion.   Doctors are warning that stricter regulations are putting women’s lives and health at risk as desperate patients resort to unsafe methods for terminating unwanted pregnancies. …

Russia has approved maintaining records on CSOs created by the State.   The State is a member of approximately 80 CSO organisations.   28.08.2024   The Government Commission on Legislative Activity has approved an initiative that proposes to give the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation the right to keep information about CSOs founded …

Inclusive projects launched to integrate people with disabilities into the film industry   27.08.2024   Article published on the ASI website   Two initiatives were announced at the Koroche film festival held in Kaliningrad on 25 August by the producer, Igor Mishin: Inclusive Cinema and the Without Borders film schools, organised by director Yulia Saponova …

“There is a general assumption that there are no homeless women in Russia”. The Director of Nochlezhka in Moscow, Daria Baibakova, on why women end up on the street yet remain invisible to society   23.08.2024   Article published on the meduza.io website   Introduction   To many people, homelessness is a problem normally associated …

The Technologies for Good platform is inviting CSOs to take part in a survey on digital technology   22.08.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The Technologies for Good platform is inviting CSOs to take part in a survey on digital technologies.   The Technologies for Good platform team is conducting research into …

Turkmenistan has approved a new procedure for providing medical help for people who are HIV-positive   22.08.2024   Article published on the Turkmenportal.com website   Turkmenistan’s Minister of Health and Medical Industry, M. Mammadov, signed an official Order No. 297 on 15 July, approving the provision of assistance for those who are HIV-positive.   The …

Increase in the number of measles and whooping cough cases in Armenia   21.08.2024   Article published on the aysor.am.ru website   Armenia has seen an increase in recorded cases of infectious diseases since last year, Director of the National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Stepan Atoyan, told a press conference on Wednesday.   …

Published by: World Health Organisation (who.int)                19th August 2024 Since 24 February 2022, following the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the WHO Country Office in Ukraine has been monitoring, verifying and reporting attacks on health care. Today, as we observe World Humanitarian Day, we aim to remind …

‘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. …