Underage Marriages Rampant In Tajikistan Despite Increased Legal Age To Wed January 23, 2024  By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service Women’s rights activists claim that some Tajik parents take advantage of a loophole in the law to push their daughters into marriage. Dilrabo says she agreed to get married at the age of 16 to escape the …

Plans of the Ministry of Justice to amend the Russian Federation’s Family Code in 2024   22.01.2024   During his presentation on the Year of the Family at the All-Russian Family Forum on 22 January, Konstantin Chuichenko, the Russian Justice Minister, announced his Ministry’s plans to revise the National Family Code in 2024.   “As …

Proposal to create the post of Commissioner for the Rights of People with Disabilities in the Russian Federation   22.01.2024   On 22 January, the news agency RIA Novosti reported that the Head of the State Duma Committee on Social Policy, Yaroslav Nilov, had proposed the introduction of the post of Commissioner for the Rights …

By Virginia Atkinson, Yuliia Sachuk Published by Euronews on 19/01/2024  The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. When Ukraine emerges from conflict, the country has the promise to rebuild itself as a model for a free, fair, and inclusive society. …

Russian Supreme Court ruling links feminist language to LGBT activism   19.01.2024   The full text of the Supreme Court’s ruling on LGBT (the movement has been designated as extremist and banned in Russia) has appeared on the web.   Last November, the Russian Supreme Court designated the international LGBT social movement as extremist. The …

Russia’s Constitutional Court refuses to consider a challenge to the law on foreign agents   17.01.2024   The complaint concerned the application of the foreign agents’ law to scientists and organisations engaged in scientific work.   Last November, Russia’s Constitutional Court received a complaint from the Institute of Law and Public Policy (ILPP), challenging its …

Published by the Guardian, republished here in shortened form to comply with republishing rules. For the full article click here. Luke Harding in Kyiv Mon 15 Jan 2024 Serhii Dovbysh was defending his home in Chernihiv when something inside him snapped. The Russians were a few kilometres away. Enemy planes bombed the city. Shells landed among its …

Published by Mirage News Uzbekistan has joined the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health, thereby becoming its 29th Party and the first country in Central Asia to join this treaty. Accession to the Protocol is expected to serve as a catalyst to further drive and streamline national action on water, sanitation, hygiene and health with …

Priority to be given to helping large families and those with children with disabilities in 2024: Results of a survey carried out by the NAFS   09.01.2024   The National Agency for Financial Studies Analytical Centre (NAFS) and the Eurasian Women’s Forum have conducted a survey to find out whether Russians have heard about 2024 …

From July to December, police initiated administrative cases in connection with 64 percent of allegations of domestic violence, while that figure has generally not tended to exceed 30 percent. Published by Eurasianet Almaz Kumenov Jan 9, 2024 Renat Zulkhairov, a senior Interior Ministry official, speaking a briefing on January 8. Following a spate of troubling …