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...
How where you live in Turkmenistan determines your access to resources and opportunities. Summary: Person’s place of birth and residence determine how much development they experience. Ashgabat outperforms all...
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...
Summary: Turkmenistan loses 16.9% of its human development due to inequalities which are mainly driven by inequalities in income and life expectancy. The richest 1% of the people in Turkmenistan hold 19.9% of the income...
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...
A new ecological study in the journal of Neurology has estimated the global burden of stroke attributable to non-optimal temperatures across 204 countries. Globally the burden has decreased in almost all regions, except...
UNAIDS launched a campaign “Decriminalize” aimed at raising awareness on issues surrounding HIV/AIDs on institutionalized levels across the world. UNAIDS is the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. It aims at...
Dominated by government-supported NGOs (GONGOs), Turkmenistan’s legal and political environment is antagonistic to the independent civic actors, who experience constant state-directed harassment, intimidation, and even...
