ASHGABAT -- At recent ceremonies ahead of International Women's Day in Turkmenistan, women and girls qualifying for small cash gifts from the authoritarian government touched the envelopes that they ...

ASHGABAT -- Several women in Turkmenistan say they were not allowed to board a plane to Dubai because they had cosmetic procedures such as Botoxed lips, fake eyelashes, and nails. One of the women, a ...

Turkmenistan bristles at suggestions that it has become an oppressive place for women to live. It was this topic that Deputy Foreign Minister Vepa Khadzhiyev chose to address at a press briefing last ...

An overly restrictive reproductive health framework in Turkmenistan is contributing to societal dysfunction, rights advocates contend. Turkmenistan’s population growth rate has been stagnating in ...

A trip to the beauty salon for a manicure followed by a lift home does not usually constitute an act of subversion. But for women in Turkmenistan such everyday activities are now against the law, ...

Central Asian governments must do more to provide a robust response to domestic violence, equal protection to survivors of abuse, and protect women’s rights both in policy and practice.

The regime in Turkmenistan is not interested in improving its human rights record. It is, however, prepared to engage in the choreography required to convince foreign partners that it is committed to ...