Author: Ilyas Karimov

The National Women’s Kurultai of Solidarity was held in Bishkek. According to the organization, women leaders who came from all regions discussed the social and economic, social and political role of the women’s movement in the country, and also developed an action plan for the further development and promotion of women’s leadership in Kyrgyzstan. «The republic is currently ranked 84th (out of 146) in the 2023 Global Gender Gap Index that stresses the need for further efforts in women’s empowerment and leadership. Gender inequalities are also evident in the labor market, where women in Kyrgyzstan continue to face a gender gap: they earn approximately 63 percent of what men earn for similar jobs, undermining women’s economic opportunities and hindering…

“Everyone has the right to choose their religion and we need to respect the opinion of others” Religion has become a hot topic in Kyrgyzstan. People have different visions of the country’s future and the role religion plays in Kyrgyzstani identity. Some see Islam – practised by around 90 per cent of the population – as central, while others wish for a more secular society. This has led to tensions between secular and religious groups, state institutions and between people of different faiths who make up a small minority. “We are the only women-led organisation in Central Asia that protects the rights…

Botoyarova wore a cape during the swimsuit category that bore the stylized image of a woman being subjected to abuse. Kyrgyzstan’s entry to the Miss Universe beauty pageant contest has been compelled, amid a welter of public criticism, to issue an apology after using the event as an opportunity to highlight the problem of violence against women in her home country. Altynai Botoyarova, 18, said in a January 17 Instagram post that she was sorry if her gesture in support of women’s rights offended anybody. “Maybe because of my young age, I was unable to convey my thoughts in the right way,” she…

The business ombudsman’s office says it has over three years dealt with around 170 complaints made by businesspeople against the government. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced that it will cease funding the office of the business ombudsman in Kyrgyzstan in an apparent gesture of no-confidence in the country’s pro-enterprise credentials. The decision is due to come into force at the end of this month, the EBRD said in a statement on April 24. No official reason was provided for the move. The lender did say, however, that it will continue to provide technical support to the…

LAHORE -While demanding a clear roadmap for the revival of economy, the Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) on Sunday termed the present financial crisis as a nerve-shattering for trade and industry. There was a consensus among the participants of a meeting presided over by the PIAF Chairman Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigol and attended by other office-bearers that there was a lack of coherence in the government policies and things on economic front went shaky instead of moving for the last several months. Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigol said that volatile exchange rate, unprecedented hike in markup rate, repeated increases in electricity rates,…

Some would argue that predicting the next financial crisis is a near impossible task. But Nobel-prize winning economist Douglas Diamond said in October last year: “The last [financial crisis] started in the banks, it stayed in the banks. This one’s going to start in the shadow banks and the companies.” Shadow banking encompasses a variety of financial institutions that provide similar services to banks but without equivalent regulation. They do not take deposits. Instead they generally rely on short-term funding, which can often leave them facing liquidity troubles if something goes wrong. Over the past few years, a series of…

“Pae Thong Than” begs the people of Ubon Ratchathani to tell “Thaksin-Yingluck” to send their regards The transportation route distributes agricultural products around the world while “dancing” to protest the policy of Pheu Thai, as if winning the lottery for life. On February 17, 2023 at Ubon Ratchathani Airport, Ms. Pae Thongtarn Shinawatra, the head of the Pheu Thai family. along with executives, MPs, who wish to apply for election as MPs, as well as members of the Pheu Thai Party (area) arrive in Ubon Ratchathani Province To open the three stages of the big speech, consisting of Sub stage at Wat Muang Deat,…

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to Cambodia could give renewed impetus towards the consolidation of bilateral relations between the two countries as well as to the two-way goods trade, which was valued at nearly US$1.25 billion in 2022, expanding by almost one-fifth on a yearly basis, according to observers. Steinmeier’s Feb 14-16 visit – at the invitation of Acting Head of State Say Chhum, who is also Senate president – was widely reported as the first made by a sitting German president, and comes as part of an Indo-Pacific tour to develop…

Kyrgyzstan’s civil servants have had their bonuses paused to free up funds to pay for new UAVs it has been revealed. Daiyrbek Orunbekov, head of the Presidential Administration of the Kyrgyz Republic’s information policy service, explained on his Facebook account why the Kyrgyz civil servants’ three-month bonus payments had been suspended. Orunbekov stated that the Cabinet of Ministers purchased modern military equipment from Turkey, such as the Bayraktar TB2, Aksungur, Akıncı, and Anka, to strengthen Kyrgyzstan’s armed forces following the Batken conflict, and that the cost of these systems was covered by the temporarily suspended civil servant bonuses. In his…

The number of unemployed citizens dropped by 5% last year in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Labor, Social Security and Migration said. The economically active population (workforce) made 2.68 million in 2021. The number of employed population made 2.537 million. The overall number of unemployed made 142,600 or reduced by 5%. The number of officially registered unemployed citizens made 74,700 or dropped by 1.7%. The official (registered) unemployment rate dropped and made 2.9% as of January 1, 2023. This rate dropped in all regions, except for Batken region (7.6%), Jalal-Abad region (4.6%).source: akipress