Latest items for Kazakhstan
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In October, Amantai Zharkynbek, a deputy from the ruling Amanat political party, even claimed that if a man is sentenced for 15 days of administrative arrest for domestic violence, his wife should also face the same for 'provoking' the incident" (para 12).
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"In October, Amantai Zharkynbek, a deputy from the ruling Amanat political party, even claimed that if a man is sentenced for 15 days of administrative arrest for domestic violence, his wife should also face the same for 'provoking' the incident" (para 12).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Support and resources for survivors are also usually tough to get to, especially for residents in rural areas" (para 16).
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"Support and resources for survivors are also usually tough to get to, especially for residents in rural areas" (para 16).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"The human rights group also stressed that the country's current laws mean domestic violence is 'not a stand-alone criminal offense'. Support and resources for survivors are also usually tough to get to, especially for residents in rural areas. There appear to have been repeated draft laws and bills to strengthen protection for survivors and encourage prevention, but it is not clear if any changes have been formally implemented" (para 16-17).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"The human rights group also stressed that the country's current laws mean domestic violence is 'not a stand-alone criminal offense'. Support and resources for survivors are also usually tough to get to, especially for residents in rural areas. There appear to have been repeated draft laws and bills to strengthen protection for survivors and encourage prevention, but it is not clear if any changes have been formally implemented" (para 16-17).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:53 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"According to a UN Women survey in 2018, 17 per cent of 'ever-partnered women aged 18-75' in the country said they have experienced physical or sexual partner violence, while 21 per cent have experience psychological abuse" (para 10). "HRW also said that police in the country, according to the Interior Ministry, get more than 100,000 domestic violence complaints a year. The report added: 'In the first 10 months of 2022, 93 women in Kazakhstan were killed in domestic violence-related homicides and 794 criminal cases were opened into moderate and severe bodily harm charges'" (para 19-20).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"According to a UN Women survey in 2018, 17 per cent of 'ever-partnered women aged 18-75' in the country said they have experienced physical or sexual partner violence, while 21 per cent have experience psychological abuse" (para 10). "HRW also said that police in the country, according to the Interior Ministry, get more than 100,000 domestic violence complaints a year. The report added: 'In the first 10 months of 2022, 93 women in Kazakhstan were killed in domestic violence-related homicides and 794 criminal cases were opened into moderate and severe bodily harm charges'" (para 19-20).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Making domestic violence a criminal offence is what we have been promoting for many years,' says Zulfiya Baisakova, head of the Union of Crisis Centres, a non-governmental organisation" (para 18).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"'Making domestic violence a criminal offence is what we have been promoting for many years,' says Zulfiya Baisakova, head of the Union of Crisis Centres, a non-governmental organisation" (para 18).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's promise to build a fairer, more equitable society. Shocking footage played in the courtroom this week showed Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly kicking and punching a slender young woman wearing only a coat and boots, and dragging her around by her hair. The woman, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night. She...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's promise to build a fairer, more equitable society. Shocking footage played in the courtroom this week showed Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly kicking and punching a slender young woman wearing only a coat and boots, and dragging her around by her hair. The woman, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night. She...more
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"In 2017 Kazakhstan decriminalised domestic violence, making it punishable mainly by fines, a move critics say has only discouraged women from lower-income families from reporting it. A bill reversing that move is now before parliament" (para 16-17).
Variables: DV-LAW-1
"In 2017 Kazakhstan decriminalised domestic violence, making it punishable mainly by fines, a move critics say has only discouraged women from lower-income families from reporting it. A bill reversing that move is now before parliament" (para 16-17).
Dec. 10, 2024, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's promise to build a fairer, more equitable society. Shocking footage played in the courtroom this week showed Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly kicking and punching a slender young woman wearing only a coat and boots, and dragging her around by her hair. The woman, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night. She...more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"The trial of a former government minister charged with beating his wife to death has gripped public attention in Kazakhstan, and some see it as a litmus test of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's promise to build a fairer, more equitable society. Shocking footage played in the courtroom this week showed Kuandyk Bishimbayev, a former economy minister, repeatedly kicking and punching a slender young woman wearing only a coat and boots, and dragging her around by her hair. The woman, 31-year-old Saltanat Nukenova, was found dead last November in a restaurant owned by a relative of her husband, where the couple had spent almost a whole day and the previous night. She...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, D R Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Israel, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Rwanda
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but still practiced" (para 18).
Variables: PW-LAW-1
"Technically illegal, but still practiced" (para 18).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bhutan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, South Africa, Turkmenistan
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
8.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
8.0
July 9, 2024, 8:06 a.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"More than 40 girls from the website Kizdar.net were taken to the Astana police, reports the press service of the city police department. 'Employees of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Astana Police Department on an ongoing basis carry out operational and preventive measures aimed at identifying persons providing premises for prostitution, as well as persons providing intimate services in the capital. Thus, during the operation, saunas, body massage parlors, and apartments where intimate services were provided, published through the website Kizdar.net, were inspected. 43 girls were taken to the police,' said the report" (para 1-2).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"More than 40 girls from the website Kizdar.net were taken to the Astana police, reports the press service of the city police department. 'Employees of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Astana Police Department on an ongoing basis carry out operational and preventive measures aimed at identifying persons providing premises for prostitution, as well as persons providing intimate services in the capital. Thus, during the operation, saunas, body massage parlors, and apartments where intimate services were provided, published through the website Kizdar.net, were inspected. 43 girls were taken to the police,' said the report" (para 1-2).
May 23, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"Articles 128 ('human trafficking') and 135 ('trafficking in minors') of the penal code criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking. However, inconsistent with the definition of trafficking under international law, Articles 128 and 135 of the penal code did not include force, fraud, or coercion as an essential element of the crime but rather considered them an aggravating circumstance. The law prescribed penalties of four to seven years’ imprisonment for adult trafficking and five to nine years’ imprisonment for child trafficking; the penalties could be increased under aggravated circumstances to up to 15 years for adult trafficking and up to 18 years for child trafficking. These penalties were sufficiently stringent and,...more
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"Articles 128 ('human trafficking') and 135 ('trafficking in minors') of the penal code criminalized sex trafficking and labor trafficking. However, inconsistent with the definition of trafficking under international law, Articles 128 and 135 of the penal code did not include force, fraud, or coercion as an essential element of the crime but rather considered them an aggravating circumstance. The law prescribed penalties of four to seven years’ imprisonment for adult trafficking and five to nine years’ imprisonment for child trafficking; the penalties could be increased under aggravated circumstances to up to 15 years for adult trafficking and up to 18 years for child trafficking. These penalties were sufficiently stringent and,...more
May 9, 2024, 11:57 a.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in itself but soliciting in a public place is illegal. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Pandering, brothel-keeping and providing premises for 'prostitution' are criminalised.
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
Is selling sex criminalised? Selling sex is legal in itself but soliciting in a public place is illegal. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Pandering, brothel-keeping and providing premises for 'prostitution' are criminalised.
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Kazakhstan ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Kazakhstan ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Kazakhstan who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 16 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Kazakhstan who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 16 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
1
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
1
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
13
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
13
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bahamas, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Korea, Peru, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
0
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
0
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Variables: DACH-SCALE-2
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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
1
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1
1
Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Kazakhstan was 13 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: MMR-DATA-1
According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Kazakhstan was 13 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Kazakhstan is 65.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Kazakhstan is 65.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 16, 2024, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database provides the following as a source: Code on Marriage (Matrimony) and Family, Art. 33 (2).
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1
According to the "Women, Business, and the Law" database (2022), the law provides for the valuation of nonmonetary contributions. The WBL database provides the following as a source: Code on Marriage (Matrimony) and Family, Art. 33 (2).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Kazakhstan is 74 years for women and 66 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Kazakhstan is 74 years for women and 66 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Kazakhstan is 70.0 years for men and 77.6 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-DATA-1
According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Kazakhstan is 70.0 years for men and 77.6 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
1
Variables: BR-SCALE-1
1
Sept. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the following: Forum for rural women to increase the social activities of rural women and promote entrepreneurship by women, held in 2018" (p.2). "The Committee welcomes the progress made by the State party in promoting access for women to employment. It also notes that discrimination in the workplace is prohibited under article 6 (2) of the Labour Code. However, the Committee is concerned that the following factors impede the full achievement of equality at work: (a) The reports of discrimination in...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-4
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the following: Forum for rural women to increase the social activities of rural women and promote entrepreneurship by women, held in 2018" (p.2). "The Committee welcomes the progress made by the State party in promoting access for women to employment. It also notes that discrimination in the workplace is prohibited under article 6 (2) of the Labour Code. However, the Committee is concerned that the following factors impede the full achievement of equality at work: (a) The reports of discrimination in...more
Sept. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: LBHO-LAW-1, GP-DATA-1
"The Committee welcomes the increased representation of women in the judiciary and at different levels of the executive branch and the increased participation of women in political parties. The Committee is concerned, however, about the following: (a) The postponement to 2030 of the full realization of the State party’s goal of 30 per cent representation of women in decision-making posts, in contrast with its previous gender equality strategy, which included a goal of 30 per cent representation by 2016, and target 5.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at achieving parity in decision-making" (p.10).
Variables: LBHO-LAW-1, GP-DATA-1
"The Committee welcomes the increased representation of women in the judiciary and at different levels of the executive branch and the increased participation of women in political parties. The Committee is concerned, however, about the following: (a) The postponement to 2030 of the full realization of the State party’s goal of 30 per cent representation of women in decision-making posts, in contrast with its previous gender equality strategy, which included a goal of 30 per cent representation by 2016, and target 5.5 of the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at achieving parity in decision-making" (p.10).
Sept. 30, 2023, 4 p.m.
Countries: Kazakhstan
Variables: GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"The Committee welcomes the strategic development plan for the period up to 2025, but is concerned that the State party’s development efforts have not translated into substantive equality for women with increased social and economic benefits. In particular, it notes with concern the following: (a) The lack of access to social security benefits and childcare allowances for unemployed women and women employed in the informal sector; (b) The low social benefits and the lack of high-quality rented accommodation provided to large families living in poverty" (pp.14-15).
Variables: GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"The Committee welcomes the strategic development plan for the period up to 2025, but is concerned that the State party’s development efforts have not translated into substantive equality for women with increased social and economic benefits. In particular, it notes with concern the following: (a) The lack of access to social security benefits and childcare allowances for unemployed women and women employed in the informal sector; (b) The low social benefits and the lack of high-quality rented accommodation provided to large families living in poverty" (pp.14-15).