CSO leaders invited to take part in a “CSOs without borders” educational project   23.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   This initiative will be useful for those who are new to how international cooperation works and more experienced teams who have already tried their hand at organising international projects.   A process …

State audit uncovers financial irregularities in Kazakhstan’s mandatory social health insurance system amounting to billions of tenge   22.07.2024   Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website   A state audit of Kazakhstan’s Mandatory Social Health Insurance System (OSMS) has revealed significant financial irregularities, with double payments for medical services and fraudulent activities involving billions of …

The Chair of the Russian Federation’s Investigative Committee proposes measures that would impose certain obligations on employers who hire foreigners   19.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   Alexander Bastrykin, Chair of the Russian Federation’s Investigative Committee (IC), has sent a letter to the State Duma in which he proposed introducing measures to …

I didn’t say yes”: A project against sexual violence has appeared online   18.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The project focuses on various types of sexual violence, active consent and rules around safe sex.   The women’s self-help network “You are not alone” has launched a new initiative “I didn’t say …

A Russian State Duma Committee proposes standardising the work of women’s crisis centres   17.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The State Duma’s Family Affairs Committee is working on a federal law on the work of women’s crisis shelters for those who find themselves in difficult life situations. It will return to …

Migrants to be taught standards of social behaviour in Russia, says Kommersant   15.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   Migrants will be obliged to take a course in which they will be made aware of Russian legislation and rules of social behaviour in Russian society.   The Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs …

A short hotline number for providing emergency psychological help for children and their parents to be created in Russia   12.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   At a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Decade of Childhood held on 12 July, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced that work would …

Lithuania to provide one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild a hospital badly damaged by Russian airstrikes   10.07.2024   Article published on the Ivt.it website   The Lithuanian Government has allocated one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv which was badly damaged by Russian shelling.   “We have …

Life expectancy rates in Kazakhstan now exceed 75 years of age   10.07.2024   Article published on the centralasia.news website   On 9 July, the Head of State’s press service reported that Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was given a report by his Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova on the current work of the department and plans …

The Russian Federation’s Children’s Commissioner has set up a Telegram channel that will focus on the prevention of orphanhood   10.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The channel will feature news, expert opinion, analysis and the results of an All-Russian audit of orphanhood in Russia.   Maria Lvova-Belova, the Federation’s Children’s Rights …