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Clinton in plea for rights of Afghan women US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a powerful plea Sunday for the rights of women in Afghanistan, using a global forum to insist that they must be part of the country's future growth.

09 July 2012

Church of England set to vote on women bishops The Church of England is set to take a final vote on Monday on whether to ordain women bishops, after years of wrangling between traditionalists and liberals.

07 July 2012

UN Women mulls to open regional office in Almaty Kazakhstan's former capital Almaty is a candidate for the regional office of the UN Women.

05 July 2012

'Strikingly' few women in Asia's top jobs: report Companies in Asia's leading economies have "strikingly" few women in senior jobs, missing out on a vital pool of talent to fuel the region's growth.

02 July 2012

Most stylish Kazakhstan men live in Almaty 84% of Kazakhstani women believe that the most stylish men of Kazakhstan live in Almaty.

26 May 2012

Majority of Kazakhstan residents against raising retirement age for women: poll 81.1 percent of the polled citizens do not support the initiative of raising women's retirement age to 63.

10 May 2012

Less girls wear hijabs in Aktobe oblast The number of young women wearing hijabs went down from 3.7 thousand to 700.

26 April 2012

PHOTO: Almaty women exchanged cigarettes for flowers Almaty women were offered to exchanged their cigarettes for flowers.

10 March 2012

Nazarbayev told about woman's role in Kazakhstan society Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed his opinion on the role of women in Kazakhstan’s society.

01 March 2012

Gender inequality is lowering in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan was placed 56th in the recent Gender Inequality Index ranking compared to 67th rank in 2008.

21 November 2011

Two kids at the cost of one available for potential parents in Kazakhstan 350 quotas issued by Kazakhstan government for in vitro fertilization this year will start to be distributed in July.

13 June 2011

Kazakhstan ranked 41st by gender situation Kazakhstan is ahead of 14 countries of the European Union according to the report of the World Economic Forum.

02 May 2011

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