How safe is it to drive or be a passenger in Turkmenistan? Research suggests the country’s roads remain hazardous. According to the World Health Organization, road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for...
Eurasian Coalition for Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity (ECOM), founded in 2011, is an international non-governmental association based in Tallinn, Estonia, working in the field of rights and health of LGBTQ+...
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has once again recommended that the U.S. State Department redesignate Turkmenistan as a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC) due to...
A report by Equality Now, Breaking Barriers: Addressing Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM) in Eurasia, examines the prevalence and causes of CEFM in seven Eurasian countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia...
February 2025: Palaw Preparation Costs increase by 1.7%. In February 2025, the average cost of preparing palaw in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, increased to 64.0 Turkmen manat, reflecting a 1.7% rise from 63.0 manat in...
Some interesting public health data have been made public reflecting on poor governance in the public health sector. In 2021, the World Bank has approved USD 20 million for the Turkmenistan COVID-19 Response Project...
Turkmenistan recently amended its law to extend divorce delays, a measure that could place women and girls experiencing violence at greater risk. At the request of Progres Foundation, The Advocates for Human Rights...
The World Bank’s Turkmenistan Economic Report from December 2024 provides an overview of Turkmenistan’s economy, highlighting recent developments, key challenges and the outlook. Some of the important...
The United Nations published a Common Country Analysis (CCA) for Turkmenistan outlining the context for sustainable development in the country. The analysis was a collaboration of 19 UN agencies, funds and programmes...
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT), the body monitoring states’ compliance with the Convention against Torture, will review Turkmenistan’s record on 7 April – 2 May 2025. In its last concluding observations from...
