ASTANA — Women now make up over 10.4 million people in Kazakhstan, reflecting both the country’s growing population and the ...

Each year, the 16 Days of Activism campaign runs from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. In 2025, the UN's global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a celebratory day for the ‘River Dreams’ team, who seemed to enjoy every moment of their historic premiere. The first ...

(Berlin, June 24, 2025) – A woman from western Kazakhstan who experienced two decades of severe domestic abuse by her former husband is to be retried for allegedly conspiring to murder him, Human ...

Women in Kazakhstan too often face injury or even death, as in Saltanat’s case, because of the authorities’ failure to uphold their rights and adequately protect them from abuse. The public has done ...

A high-profile trial in Kazakhstan is highlighting the entrenched problem of domestic violence in the country. The court proceedings against former Minister of Economy Kuandyk Bishimbayev are being ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- On the surface, it might seem like Kazakh officials are responding busily to the most high-profile incident of spousal murder in the country's history. In the capital, Astana, ...

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers December 2 to December 8. People, including ...

The Altai district court in the East Kazakhstan region said on December 27 that it had handed a deferred five-year prison term two weeks earlier to a 43-year-old woman on a charge of online calls for ...

It was a celebratory day for the ‘River Dreams’ team, who seemed to enjoy every moment of their historic premiere. The first Kazakh documentary to screen at the Berlinale drew strong interest, with ...