Posts Tagged: Uzbekistan

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 »

Working with oil and gas companies to protect biodiversity

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Filed under: Central Asia Environment

Current fossil fuel extraction activities in Uzbekistan’s Ustyurt Plateau are putting more pressure on the region’s biodiversity. In Uzbekistan, much attention is given to the promotion of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency, but the country still depends largely on fossil fuels. Approximately 85 percent of the country’s energy is generated from natural gas. The… Read more »

Updated public e-procurement laws improve overall services to communities

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Filed under: Development 2.0 Governance

Munira Mahkamova is very pleased these days with how things are working out in the kindergarten where she walks her children. Her five-year-old son Hondamir and her three-year-old daughter Mekhribonu receive healthy lunches and other school supplies. Until recently, disruptions in fresh food supplies for schools and kindergartens were pretty common, which affected the quality… Read more »

Saving the endangered Saiga antelope

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Filed under: Central Asia Environment

The Saiga antelope is a critically endangered species that once roamed across Europe and Asia. Now, however, their habitat is restricted to certain areas in Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan. (See: UN names Russia’s most endangered animal and Why biodiversity?) Poaching in the late 1980s has been recognized as one of the main causes… Read more »

Uzbekistan pushes ahead for energy efficient public buildings

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Filed under: Central Asia Climate change Environment

“I am very happy that our school will always be warm and light in the winter, and cool in the summer, because it has been constructed with new technologies that will save money and conserve energy with greater efficiency and less pollution.” Omadoy Arabboyeva, 8th grade student in Andijan  Uzbekistan’s 8.5 million children make up… Read more »

Mapping NGO based social services in Uzbekistan: the first step towards big changes

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Filed under: Central Asia Development 2.0 Governance Social inclusion

When we started to develop an interactive map of NGO based social services for vulnerable groups in Uzbekistan, we wanted to visually represent the services provided by NGOs in the country, and make it interactive so that we could collect feedback on their activities from beneficiaries. But during the process, our small team, which includes… Read more »

Young people at the forefront of HIV prevention in Uzbekistan

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Filed under: HIV

Zebiniso Muhsinova is only 21. Nevertheless, she conducts her HIV awareness mini-sessions among schoolchildren with the confidence and flair of a prominent trainer. “Active participation of young people, their eagerness to learn and protect themselves from HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and drug abuse are amazing. Practice shows that our students are generally aware of these… Read more »