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Uzbekistan
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| - Institute and Training of Trainers - Leadership Workshops - Curriculum development in Russian - Curriculum development in Uzbek |
Tashkent Women's Resource Center (TWRC) has closed operations under pressure from the Uzbek government. The request to close down was issued by the Ministry of Justice immediately following the 2005 WLP-TWRC August 2005 Central Asia Institute for Women's Leadership and Training of Trainers. TWRC's fate is shared by many national and international non-governmental organizations in Uzbekistan as the government implements a wave of forced closures. International organizations subject to forced closure in 2006 include the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Freedom House, and the Eurasia Foundation. WLP will continue to work with partners in the Central Asia region to advance women's human rights and development.
Our Partner
Tashkent Women's Resource Center (TWRC) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that promotes democratization of public processes through uplifting women's economic and political status, and empowering women in Uzbekistan.
TWRC realizes its objectives through the following activities:
- Publication and distribution of the periodical Women of Central Asia to raise awareness about women's issues;
- Working with the poorest groups of the population, particularly women, in Tashkent and Tashkent province;
- Organization of roundtable discussions on gender issues with feminist NGOs and representatives of government agencies for activation and strengthening of partner links between women's organizations;
- Participation in educational workshops, meetings and talk shows on the issues of women's legal status, economic independence and health;
- Conducting sociological research into the state of poor women in Uzbekistan;
- Provision of information through a library and information center;
- Regular dissemination of releases and information bulletins, to NGOs, international and intergovernmental organizations.
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Country OverviewGovernment type: Republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch Education and HealthAdult literacy rate Political ParticipationYear women received right to |
Stories and Reports
Central Asian Women Professionals Combine their Skills during Leadership Workshop in Baku, Azerbaijan
April 2007: WLP Kazakhstan/Shymkent Women’s Resource Center convened a leadership workshop in Baku, Azerbaijan for seventeen women professionals, active in the socio-political life of Azerbaijan, as NGO leaders, union members, or members of political parties.
During the workshop, participants initiated a campaign to end early marriage and decided to focus their efforts on providing legal assistance to women affected. They also pledged to involve the media, educate the public, and work with parents to inform them about the issue. “I realized that it is necessary to change the laws that sanction and ignore the crimes against women,” explains one participant, Olga,* of the legal emphasis of the campaign.
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Uzbekistan | Workshops )
WLP Partner Spotlight: Marfua Tokhtakhodzhaeva's New Book
The Re-Islamization of Society and the Position of Women in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan
Marfua Tokhtakhodzhaeva is the co-Founder of the Women's Resource Centre (WRC) of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, a WLP partner organization, before authorities closed it down in 2005 as a result of a government crackdown on civil society organizations. Ms. Tokhtakhodzhaeva remains actively involved in coordinating women's empowerment and leadership trainings with various organizations in the region. She has written a new book entitled The Re-Islamization of Society and the Position of Women in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan, examining the socio-political and religious shifts the country has undergone in the last twenty years. Ms. Tokhtakhodzhaeva focuses on the position of women in the Soviet era prior to the country's independence in 1991 compared to post-independence when the country began to re-introduce the customs and norms of Islam. Ms. Tokhtakhodzhaeva emphasizes that life in Uzbekistan has always seen a balance of good and bad in each era. Ms. Tokhtakhodzhaeva met with Program Associate, Christina Halstead, at the Women's Learning Partnership to talk about her book.
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Uzbekistan | Issue 17 (Fall 2007) )
Kazakh Women Activists Highlight Importance of Intergenerational Relations
In May 2006, WLP's partner in Kazakhstan, Shymkent Women's Resource Center (SWRC), held a Leading to Choices leadership workshop for 11 women activists between the ages of 16 and 65 from two regions in South Kazakhstan.
During the workshop, participants explored the concept of participatory leadership through discussion of case studies, interactive exercises, and role plays, comparing traditional styles of leadership, such as exerting force, to participatory styles of leadership, such as building consensus.
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Uzbekistan )
WLP's Workshops Challenge Leadership Stereotypes in Lebanon and Traditional Gender Roles in Uzbek Media
Grassroots Lebanese and Palestinian women activists and representatives of Uzbek media participated in leadership training workshops organized by WLP and our partner organizations. They challenged authoritarian models of leadership and stereotypical portrayals of women in the media. WLP’s Lebanese partner, Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking and Information Project (MACMAG GLIP), and WLP’s Uzbek partner, the Women’s Resource Center of Tashkent (TWRC), organized the workshops as part of ongoing training programs using the Partnership’s handbook . Participants commented that the workshop experience enabled them to discover their own leadership abilities, analyze current political trends, and share experiences on ways of challenging the status quo within their communities.
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Lebanon | Uzbekistan | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Russian Edition) | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Shamy-Arabic Edition) | Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women (Uzbek Edition) | Issue 2 (January) | Workshops )
Regional Learning Institute for Women's Leadership in Central Asia
Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) together with its regional partner convened a Central Asia Regional Learning Institute for Women's Leadership from August 24-27, 2005 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. NGO leaders, journalists, and human rights activists from five countries - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - participated in the Institute, which consisted of a week-long intensive skills development program in participatory leadership, interactive facilitation, persuasive communication, and effective advocacy campaign development.
The Institute took place amidst an atmosphere of heightened security and political tensions in the region. In the face of increasing restrictions on civil society and NGOs, human rights, and press freedom in the region, WLP brought participants together to create a regional network of women's rights advocates working to advance women in leadership and decision-making positions.
