by Tula Connell | Dec 18, 2019 | Americas, Asia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Equality & Inclusion, Europe & Central Asia, Gender, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Middle East & North Africa, Morocco, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, Workers & Human Rights
During the recent 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, workers and their unions from Honduras to Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Nigeria and Bangladesh made big gains raising awareness about gender-based violence and harassment at work (GBVH) and demanding that...
by Carolyn Butler | Dec 17, 2019 | Europe & Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
A salon has opened at the Center for Protection of Labor Rights for Migrant Women—a partner organization with the Solidarity Center that aims to improve access to decent jobs for people with disabilities, promote safety of workplaces, represent the interests of...
by Carolyn Butler | Nov 4, 2019 | Europe & Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
Since the start of 2019, more than 2,000 migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan have joined together to protect their rights abroad through the new Migrant Workers’ Union. On October 17, more than 100 union delegates came together in the town of Isfana, Kyrgyzstan, for the...
by Carolyn Butler | Mar 8, 2019 | Europe & Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Safety & Health
An independent,12-month monitoring program by a coalition of worker rights advocates in Kyrgyzstan found that the lives and safety of working people are at significantly higher risk than official data indicates—requiring urgent changes to the country’s occupational...
by Tula Connell | Jul 27, 2018 | Europe & Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Migration & Trafficking, Workers & Human Rights
Aldaberdi Karimov, 42, who lives in a remote Kyrgyzstan village in the Batken region, did not want to migrate from his country to find work to support his family, including his daughter, Ak Maral, now 5 years old. But like many in Kyrgyzstan, where remittances from...
by Tula Connell | Jul 19, 2018 | Child Labor, Europe & Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Migration & Trafficking, Rule of Law, Workers & Human Rights
Workers who migrate from Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan for jobs often do not receive their wages, are forced to work in unsafe and abusive conditions and even are kidnapped and held against their will in forced labor, according to a new report. “Invisible and Exploited in...
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