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Friday, 8 April 2016
Tuesday, 29 March 2016
Sold- Film about Nepal Girl trafficked into Prostitution in India
Agirl risks everything for freedom after being trafficked from her mountain village in Nepal to a brothel in India
SOLD - 2016 FILM TRAILER - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15JFTJbkQw0
Friday, 4 March 2016
COMMENTS TO THE ARICLE ON THE “ROLE OF WOMEN IN MODERN UZBEKISTAN”
I wish to express my compliments and appreciation for the very modern
legal framework in favor of women’ s status and advancement existing in the
Republic of Uzbekistan.
I highlight the importance of having equality recognized by the
Constitution which together with the numerous decrees and resolutions of the
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of Minister represent
the institutional mechanisms recognized among the 12 points of the 1995 Platform
of Beijing.
I deem also very important the work done by the Representatives of the
Republic within the several Commissions related to CEDAW and ILO acting as role
model for other Central Asian Countries.
I wish to underline the great work done by HE Mrs. Elmira
Basitkhanova-Deputy Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Women’s Committee of
Uzbekistan and who I had the honor to meet several times.
The Women’s Committee is the engine of the innovations regarding the
health care System for women and girls in the field of primary health care,
prevention and rural health.
As I could see during my last visit to Uzbekistan, on invitation of the
Women’s Committee to the International Conference “The Role of Women in
Formation of Civil Society, State and Social Construction: experience of
Uzbekistan” last September, in Samarkand, the increased numbers in all spheres of
education has led to a higher presence of women in both economical and
political governance at all levels: from Mahalla to the National Level (Senate
and Legislative Chamber).
The protection of maternal leaves with full pay together with the social
facilities for working mothers are also very important in order to reconcile
working and private life and create a safe environment in families.
Last but not least, I wish to underline that, beyond the opportunities
given to women and girls to receive education or trainings and to experience
decision making positions in politics, Uzbekistan through its wide system of
microcredit and a devoted legislation gives them the opportunity to develop
their talents in the field of small and family enterprises.
At the eve of the celebration of the International Women’s Day I wish to
express my admiration to all the women of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Maria Ludovica Bottarelli
Tranquilli Leali
Lef-Italia Secretary General
Rome,4-03-2016
Lef-Italia Secretary General
Rome,4-03-2016
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN MODERN UZBEKISTAN
Our country over the years of independent development of has made great
strides in protecting the rights and legal interests of women. In the sphere of
ensuring their active participation in the socio-political and socio-economic
life of the country are no less significant achievements.
First of all, it is necessary to note the work carried out in Uzbekistan in
the development of the legal framework in this area. Over the years, the
leadership of the country adopted and ratified about 100 national and
international legal instruments aimed at protecting the interests of women.
Constitution of our country is the cornerstone document that guarantees the
fundamental rights of women. The list also includes a number of decrees and
resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Cabinet of
Ministers, including "On consolidation of women's role in state and social
construction", "On additional measures to protect the health of
mother and child, the formation of a healthy generation" and many others.
The authorities annually receive special state program, under which systematic
measures in a certain direction are being carried out. This in one way or
another improves the conditions and quality of our women’s life.
In addition, Uzbekistan is one of the first in Central Asia, has ratified a
number of UN conventions and the International Labor Organization, such as
"On the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women",
"On maternity protection", "On discrimination in respect of
employment and occupation" and other documents.
Special attention in our country is on the creation of an effective health
care system as a priority which is determined by a complex ensuring the health
of girls and mothers. To this end, specialized medical centers have been opened
throughout the country, which effectively operate an extensive network of
primary health care institutions, including rural medical stations. A network
of screening centers operates here in Uzbekistan, standing guard over the
health of young mothers and babies.
Another area, where our country fully guarantees the right of girls and
women to get an education, is an effective system of primary, secondary, and
higher education. In addition, educational institutions, professional colleges,
academic lyceums and universities of the country are working mostly female
professionals.
In order to encourage pupils and students each year in all regions of
Uzbekistan, the most gifted of them awarded the State Prize Zulfiya. This
measure encourages the girls to a fuller expression of their abilities in the
field of science, education, literature and art, as well as gives an
opportunity to receive grants to study in higher educational institutions.
These results were achieved through an integrated approach, according to
which not only the solid legal foundation has been created, but also effective
institutional framework did. As an example, the establishment of a public
organization - the Women's Committee of Uzbekistan, which has become a
productive mechanism to support this part of population, protection of their
rights and legitimate interests.
Everything becomes more active participation of women in governance. In
particular, today they account for 17% of the members of the Senate and 16% of
the deputies of the Legislative Chamber. At the same time, in recent years,
nearly 5-fold increased and indicators of women's representation in the
executive branch - from 3.4% to 16%.
It increased the number of members of the fairer sex by creating a women's
wing in the country's political parties. Currently, according to the Women's
Committee of Uzbekistan, the share of women in the Liberal Democratic Party of
Uzbekistan grew from 35% to 38%, of the Democratic Party "Milly Tiklanish"
- from 40% to 46%, the People's Democratic Party - from 41% to 56%, the Social
democratic party "Adolat" - from 38% to 49%.
Increase the participation of women in local government and in the
structures of the mahalla. Thus, over the last period their share of the total
number of chairmen of mahalla committees increased from 9.6% to 25.6%.
However, it is expanding the role of women in social and economic life of
the country. For example, in recent years the share of the beautiful half of
our society in the structure of employment has increased from 44% to 45.7%. An
increasing number of women entrepreneurs, who opened their business and achieve
significant success. According to recent reports, the heads of small
enterprises 40.4% and 13.7% of micro-enterprises are the fair sex.
It should also be noted that, taking into account the key role of women in
the upbringing of healthy generation, Uzbekistan has adopted a number of acts
to provide them with social support programs. In particular, the non-working
mothers are paid allowances for child care up to 2 years. In addition, labor
contracts include benefits such as financial assistance for women in pregnancy
and childbirth, maternity leave until the child 2 or 3 years and a reduction in
working hours by one hour in the event of their having children younger than
three years.
The formation of our country as a democratic state with a strong civil
society is a key factor in the growth of social and political participation of
women. It is clear that over the years of independence of Uzbekistan in this
direction have already achieved a great deal. Undoubtedly, women have favorable
conditions of life, work and education of the younger generation will continue
to be a serious tool for achieving them and our country as a whole has great
achievements and successes.
Jahon Information Agency
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Международный проект «БЛАГО» - во благо жителей Усольского района.
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Усольского района Виталий Матюха, директор ИО ОО БР Союза женщин «Ангара»
Светлана Уралова, тренер консультант «Формапер» Елена Систи (г.Милан Италия),
президент ИО ОО БР Союза женщин «Ангара», председатель комиссии общественной
палаты Иркутской области Альбина Широбокова, Главный Секретарь Итальянского
Координационного Совета Европейского Женского Лобби (г.Рим, Италия) Франческа
Людовика Боттарелли, председатель Думы Усольского района, член областного
отделения Российского Союза сельских женщин Надежда Глызина
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Fund for Gender Equality issues call for proposals
Fund for Gender Equality issues call for proposals
Innovative civil society initiatives seeking to spur women’s economic and/or political empowerment are invited to apply for funding.
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/02/fund-for-gender-equality-issues-call-for-proposal
Monday, 12 January 2015
Thursday, 30 October 2014
Gender and poverty interventions: 5 ways to get it right in 2015
Gender and poverty interventions: 5 ways to get it right in 2015
https://www.devex.com/news/gender-and-poverty-interventions-5-ways-to-get-it-right-in-2015-84606
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Sunday, 17 August 2014
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Friday, 1 August 2014
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
A Fair Climate: Gender Equity in Forestry & REDD+
This training video targets community forestry practitioners to improve gender equity on the ground. The video explains the concept of gender equity in the context of forest communities and highlights best practices for achieving gender equity.
Shot in Vientiane in Lao PDR a
http://youtu.be/z7wsl_AP4QsMonday, 23 June 2014
The many perils of Sex Trafficking in Kyrgyzstan Written by Saadia Haq
According
to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the problem of human
trafficking has become more profound in Kyrgyzstan
Human
trafficking is a serious crime just like terrorism, smuggling of weapons or
narcotics. Many women and men can be forced to provide sexual services for
someone else’s profit. The central Asian region, in particular Kyrgyzstan
While
poverty pushes some women and girls to voluntarily join the commercial sex
trade, there are others who end up becoming commercial sex workers without
their will. Either ways, they are held captive; some try but fail to escape.
Coming from a family
of five siblings, drunk father and struggling mother, eighteen year old Olga*
decided she would support her mother and saw an advertisement for a job in the
capital city. “Young waitress needed. Good salary.” She called the number on
the advertisement and went to meet her new employers. But when Olga* arrived at
the address her employers gave her, she was locked in the apartment and kept
there by force. She and four other girls were raped, sexually enslaved and
exploited. If they refused to work, they were beaten. In average, 20 000 $ was
monthly profit traffickers made by exploiting them.
Finally
one fine day Olga* was able to escape with another girl and seek help from the
local office of IOM.
Contrary
to this, many Kyrgyzi women get trafficked out of the country for the purpose
of sex exploitation. The “migrants in sex market” phenomenon exists with
the prevalent dynamics of the demand and supply. Consequently, migrants women are
more vulnerable and at high risk of exploitation.
Non-governmental
groups research in central Asia shows alarming evidences of the numbers of
Kyrgyzi women getting trafficked abroad illegally, many a times in places where
they are vulnerable due to foreign language and culture. These women are often controlled through
established networks in Middle East and Europe
where they are sold into the sex industry at cheaper prices admits appalling
human conditions.
Aika*
(a female central asian trafficker) was a recruiter of village girls who used
to work in saunas. When they would arrive to these foreign locations, her team
would lock them into apartments and force them to become prostitutes. None of
the girls would have any choice in choosing customers and for refusing to work.
Those who rebelled were quickly shown brutal physical force to give in.
However, twenty-one year old Gulya* ran away with the help of a customer. Later
she contacted an aid agency to report the crime. This led to Aika* arrest and
sentence of prison.
Meanwhile
Gulya* moved to another location in order to escape the community disproval and
punishment for her former sex worker status. This is a common trend in the
society; most Kyrgyzstani sex slaves who are juvenile girl, upon returning to Kyrgyzstan
The
IOM says that it handles all expenses relevant to the release of Kyrgyzstanis
from slavery abroad, ranging from transportation of former slaves to Kyrgyzstan
While
the laws and programs are promulgated in the country, there implementation is
debatable. The government of to Kyrgyzstan
Sources:
- IOM informational
campaigns Series of leaflets on counter-trafficking
- IOM
Handbook on Direct Assistance for Victims of Trafficking 2007
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