How much funding does the Global Environment Facility provide to Turkmenistan and what is its impact? Did you know that over $330 million have been spent on environmental protection in Turkmenistan since 1997? Are you...
The Office of the Ombudsman of Turkmenistan is scheduled to be accredited in the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) from 14 to 18 October, 2024. In this regard, the Ombudsperson Yazdursun...
On the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, Internews published a report titled Flight and Fight: Supporting Exiled Media to Survive and Sustain. The report is based on interviews with 25 exiled media outlets from 17...
The Asian Development Bank has published the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2024. While describing the state of economy in Turkmenistan the ADB emphasized a serious policy challenge facing Turkmenistan: limited...
The Cotton Campaign, an international coalition organization advocating to end forced labor and achieve decent work for cotton workers in Central Asia, has published its annual report on Turkmenistan. It is titled...
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its 2024 Annual Report put Turkmenistan among the 17 Countries of Particular Concern (CPCs) given that the government of Turkmenistan continues...
Cabar Asia’s article How do invisible people live in Central Asia highlights the fate of thousands of people who lack basic rights including to healthcare, education, employment and even marriage just because they do...
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its 2024 Special 301 Report outlining protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights among the U.S. trading partners. Turkmenistan...
The Turkmenistan Family Code and the Civil Procedure Code have undergone revisions, published on March 30, 2024, notably removing the sections regarding divorce due to a spouse’s absence, thus disallowing divorces...
A study by Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) has investigated the effects of dust from the Aralkum Desert across Central Asia. The results have shown that the region became 7% dustier in the last 30...
