Discussion Explores Identity and Societal Perceptions of Kazakh Women

Who is Kazakh Woman, and Who Gets to Decide?

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. There is a particular confidence with which societies talk about women, especially other people’s women. Labels come easily: traditional, obedient, oppressed, resilient. Central Asian women, and Kazakh women in particular, have long lived under the weight of these borrowed descriptions. But the more I spoke with researchers while working on a special report for The… The post Who is Kazakh Woman, and Who Gets ...

By Fatima Kemelova