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Communities Work in Solidarity with Local Healthcare Institutes to Respond to COVID-19
Safargul Tagoynazarova, a 50-year-old taylor, feels her life has been largely affected by COVID-19 despite the fact that none of her family members have been infected. Her economic situation has…
Code for Climate Like a Girl! Young Woman Challenges Stereotypes, Joins a Team to Win Climate Hackathon
Anastasiya Penkova, 22, works to develop her first social project online to give second life to anything, starting from old clothes to home furniture, to reduce consumption impact on climate. The…
Positive Women
1 December is World AIDS Day, a global public health campaign dedicated to raising awareness of AIDS and HIV, and mourning the victims of the desease around the world.
UNDP Premieres “Speak Up” Film, Brings Journalists Together to Discuss Media Role in Prevention of Domestic and Other Forms of Gender-Based Violence
“One day, when were still married, my ex-husband came home drunk and beat me so hard, that my children woke up screaming. And even now they often wake up screaming at night,” a journalist, who wished…
Free birth registration and why it matters.
Civil Registration Reform in Tajikistan
In July 2019 legal amendments to the civil registration system were adopted to take the financial burden of birth registration off families and to ensure that children enjoy full rights from the first…
Dushanbe Residents Create Energy Efficient Solutions to Reduce Carbon Emissions Through Crowdfunding
Dushanbe residents launch the “Dushanbe Solar City” campaign to crowdfund solar panels for the first electric car to run the streets of the city as a food truck, serving locally produced, fresh and…
“32 Years and Healing” – Tajikistan celebrates International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer in Tajikistan
More than 130 young activists and environmental specialists have come together at the 32 Years and Healing action on October 16 to mark the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.…
Girls in Ayni Defy Stereotypes to Choose ‘Masculine’ Professions in Demand
Gulrivoj Mirova, 17, has gone against the stereotypical perception of women in Tajik society by simply choosing to be an electrician. To her, it is a childhood dream come true. “I used to stand next…
Your Rights are Your Opportunities: UN in Tajikistan Launches Human Rights Awareness Month
Dushanbe, 9 November 2018 – United Nations in Tajikistan has officially launched the human rights awareness month with “Your Rights Are Your Opportunities” campaign to mark the 70th anniversary of the…
President Emomali Rahmon Meets Stakeholders to Discuss the Progress of the National Development Strategy
President Emomali Rahmon pointed out that despite the overall positive tendency in the economic situation of Tajikistan, poverty remains a lingering issue and affects all aspects of the population’s…
