Posts Tagged: Uzbekistan

Infographics: Education gap between women and men in Uzbekistan

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Filed under: Central Asia Development Gender equality Social inclusion

I’m happy to share the first infographic on gender equality developed by UNDP in Uzbekistan. It is based on a policy brief (in Russian) on gender equality and employment prepared for a project with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population . The research provided a lot of interesting data, which we decided to capture in one infographic… Read more »

Involving women in business: Challenge accepted!

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Filed under: Central Asia Development Gender equality Human rights Poverty Social inclusion

Since I started working with UNDP, I keep hearing about the importance of gender equality and empowering women. I also keep hearing, reading and seeing positive changes and progress when it comes to women in the world. However, across the globe, women still bear the brunt of weak education, unemployment, poverty and famine – not… Read more »

Disaster risk management: How a mobile application can make the difference

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Filed under: Central Asia Development 2.0 Disaster response

 Today mobile phones are more than a way to communicate over long distances. With this small piece of technology we can now access the whole virtual world with applications, direct Internet connection and high capacity digital photo and video cameras. In less than 20 years, mobile phones have become an integral part of our life,… Read more »

Rebuilding kindergartens in the devastated Aral Sea region

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Filed under: Central Asia Development Disaster response Environment Poverty Social inclusion

Kindergarten literally translates to “children’s garden.” Friedrich Fröbel, who created the very first kindergarten in 1837, felt that children should be taken care of and nourished like plants in a garden. Fröbel’s aim was to create a social experience for young children to bridge the transition from home to school. But do children everywhere get… Read more »

Young people in Uzbekistan – who better to promote tourism to our country?

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Filed under: Central Asia Development 2.0 Social innovation

Talk of Uzbekistan and probably for most of you the mind goes to the Silk Road and the likes of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. Much as we love them, there’s much more to the country! Uzbekistan has 10,000 listed cultural monuments, four properties inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List and 31 properties on the… Read more »

Can buffer zones help balance environmental and economic interests?

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Filed under: Central Asia Environment Poverty

At the end of last year, the Governor of Surkhandarya region signed a resolution to establish a buffer zone around the Surkhan nature reserve. The buffer zone – the first of its kind in Uzbekistan – covers 22,750 hectares surrounding the nature reserve and is intended to: Prevent activities that would negatively influence biodiversity within… Read more »

Opportunities for women living on the disappearing Aral Sea

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Filed under: Central Asia Climate change Disaster response Environment Health Poverty

Many of us realize the interconnectedness of the environment with the economy and the overall well being of communities. But how do environmental disasters affect the most vulnerable groups? For people living near the disappearing Aral Sea, where the environmental crisis has led to the devastation of major sectors of the local economy, women are… Read more »