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The Analysis of Women's Marital Rights in Kazakhstan
The Analysis of Women’s Marital Rights in Kazakhstan: Challenges of Gender Equality. Aizhan Kapysheva. Nazarbayev University. 2014. In spite of numerous legal agreements, women in Kazakhstan are faced with discrimination and inequality both at work and at home. The following research will focus particularly on the problems such as involuntary marriage of underage girls and denial of husbands of paying alimony when divorced. It can be suggested that women’s rights (the dependent variable) have a relationship with the level of country’s development, including urbanization, education, female unemployment and mortality rates. It is important to highlight the impact of culture and history of the nature of marriages in Kazakhstan. Negative relationship between the variables could further result in decreasing women’s participation in the political and social life of Kazakhstan. With this paper I would like to analyze the situation of women’s rights in the society in the Republic of Kazakhstan and, in particular, to highlight the problems that young women face. According to the experts from the United Nations, gender issues are the third most important global issue after threats to peace and the environment, and a large body of scholarship suggests that these other two issues are actually closely associated with gender as well. By improving the role of women in the society, it is possible to address the issues of equality, non-discrimination and tolerance, which may consequently lead to the development of the state. In spite of numerous agreements and ratification of internationally accepted frameworks, such as Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the World Conference on Human Rights (ratified on the 25th of June 1993), European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), women in Kazakhstan are often faced with discrimination and inequality both at work and at home. -
Nurzhan Subkhanberdin, Accused Aliyev of Organizing Death Squads to Murder Prominent Businessmen in Kazakhstan in 2005 and 2006 Without Nazarbayev’S Knowledge
KAZAKHSTAN AND TURKMENISTAN: A Look at Political and Regulatory Environments April 30, 2009 1 STRATFOR 700 Lavaca Street, Suite 900 Austin, TX 78701 Tel: 1-512-744-4300 www.stratfor.com KAZAKHSTAN AND TURKMENISTAN: A Look at Political and Regulatory Environments Kazakhstan Country Overview Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Kazakhstan has been the most important of the Central Asian states. It is the largest, most resource-rich of the region’s five countries and tends to serve as a bellwether for the region’s politics. Kazakhstan is strategically and geographically the middleman between its fellow Central Asian states (all of which it borders except Tajikistan) and Russia and China. With an estimated 100 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 27 billion barrels of oil, Kazakhstan boasts more energy reserves than all four of the other Central Asian countries combined. Kazakhstan was the first Central Asian country in which Westerners seriously began developing oil and natural gas wealth after the Soviet collapse. Because of this, Kazakhstan has received more foreign direct investment than any other former Soviet state (including Russia). And most other Central Asian states with energy resources — Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, for example — must traverse Kazakhstan to reach their customers, whether those customers are Russia, China or Europe, making Kazakhstan essential to any outsider with designs on the region. But its geographic location and size have proved to be a mixed blessing. Kazakhstan is roughly one-third the size of the lower 48 U.S. states, but has only 5 percent of the U.S. -
President Addresses First Joint Session of New Kazakh Parliament
+5° / +1°C WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016 No 6 (96) www.astanatimes.com President Addresses First Exit Poll Says Nur Otan Joint Session of New Kazakh Wins Overwhelmingly as Parliament, Sets Priorities Mazhilis Retains Previous Makeup greens Birlik (Unity) grabbed mea- By Galiaskar Seitzhan ger 0.35 percent. This outcome is basically a virtual repetition of the ASTANA – President Nursultan previous parliamentary election in Nazarbayev-led Nur Otan Party January 2012, which ended with won 82 percent of the popular vote very similar results. in the parliamentary election in Turnout, however, proved strong- Kazakhstan, according to exit poll er this time setting a new record in results announced at midnight on the country’s electoral history and March 21. beating the result from four years The survey also showed the ruling ago when 75.45 percent of regis- party will be opposed by the same tered voters showed up at the polls. parties in the new convocation of Yulia Kuchinskaya, head of the President Nursultan Nazarbayev (at the speaking rostrum) addresses the first joint session of the Senate and the Mazhilis on March 25. the Mazhilis (the national legisla- Astana-based Institute of Democ- ture’s lower chamber) as it was the racy sociological survey company pro-business Ak zhol Democratic According to Kazakhstan’s Cen- niversary of independence with Nazarbayev recalled that the omy of Kazakhstan. Various social Party and leftist Communist Peo- tral Election Commission Chair- By Malika orazgaliyeva the newly elected parliament. 25th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s problems grow even in relatively ple’s Party again barely crossed the man (CEC) Kuandyk Turgankulov, Three parties and nine members independence coincided with a prosperous countries, he noted. -
Engaging Central Asia
ENGAGING CENTRAL ASIA ENGAGING CENTRAL ASIA THE EUROPEAN UNION’S NEW STRATEGY IN THE HEART OF EURASIA EDITED BY NEIL J. MELVIN CONTRIBUTORS BHAVNA DAVE MICHAEL DENISON MATTEO FUMAGALLI MICHAEL HALL NARGIS KASSENOVA DANIEL KIMMAGE NEIL J. MELVIN EUGHENIY ZHOVTIS CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES BRUSSELS The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is an independent policy research institute based in Brussels. Its mission is to produce sound analytical research leading to constructive solutions to the challenges facing Europe today. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors writing in a personal capacity and do not necessarily reflect those of CEPS or any other institution with which the authors are associated. This study was carried out in the context of the broader work programme of CEPS on European Neighbourhood Policy, which is generously supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo and the Open Society Institute. ISBN-13: 978-92-9079-707-4 © Copyright 2008, Centre for European Policy Studies. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission of the Centre for European Policy Studies. Centre for European Policy Studies Place du Congrès 1, B-1000 Brussels Tel: 32 (0) 2 229.39.11 Fax: 32 (0) 2 219.41.51 e-mail: [email protected] internet: http://www.ceps.eu CONTENTS 1. Introduction Neil J. Melvin ................................................................................................. 1 2. Security Challenges in Central Asia: Implications for the EU’s Engagement Strategy Daniel Kimmage............................................................................................ -
The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720S and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal
ARMEN M. AIVAZIAN The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal Center for Policy Analysis American University of Armenia Yerevan, Armenia 1997 Copyright © 1997 Center for Policy Analysis American University of Armenia 40 Marshal Bagramian Street Yerevan, 375019, Armenia U.S. Office: 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, California 94612 This research was carried out in the Center for Policy Analysis at American University of Armenia supported in part by a grant from the Eurasia Foundation. First Edition Printed in Yerevan, Armenia Contents Acknowledgements..................................................................v 1. Introduction.........................................................................1 2. Historical Background.........................................................4 The International Setting Armenian Self-Rule in Karabakh and Kapan and the Armenian Armed Forces The Traditional Military Units of the Karabakh and Kapan Meliks The Material Resources and Local Manufacture of Arms Armenian Military Personnel in Georgia Armenian Military Personnel in the Iranian Service The External Recognition of Armenian Self-Rule in Karabakh and Kapan 3. The Rise of Anti-Armenian Attitudes and Its Ramifications...........................................................21 Preliminary Notes Documents The Irano-Armenian Conflict (1722-1724) Ottoman Decision-Making and Exercise on Extermination During the 1720s The Armenian Casualties Forced Islamization of the Armenian Population The Motives for Anti-Armenian Attitudes -
Belgian Travel Company Offers Insights, Experiences Beyond
+15° / +5°C WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 No 8 (170) www.astanatimes.com Kazakh ruling party nominates Kazakhstan unveils incumbent President Tokayev as new measure to attract candidate for June 9 election foreign investment The council will be chaired by By Nazira Kozhanova Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin and include the first NUR-SULTAN – Kazakh of- deputy prime minister, deputy ficials unveiled at an April 22 prime minister responsible for government meeting the new Co- infrastructure development, ordinating Council on Investment heads of key ministries (Minis- Issues, which is meant to help the try of Justice, Ministry of For- country attract more foreign in- eign Affairs, Ministry of National vestment. Economy, Ministry of Industry “A working group with the in- and Infrastructural Development, volvement of all interested gov- Ministry of Energy, Ministry of ernment agencies and national Agriculture, Ministry of Internal companies has developed a new Affairs), the National Bank, Asta- approach to attracting investments. na International Financial Centre The parties’ opinions were taken (AIFC), national holdings, na- into consideration and a consen- tional companies, Atameken Na- sus was formed. The cornerstone tional Chamber of Entrepreneurs, of the new architecture will be the as well as the chairman of the Coordinating Council on Invest- Specialised Judicial College of ment Issues chaired by the Prime the Supreme Court, deputy attor- Minister of Kazakhstan,” First ney general and national security Deputy Prime Minister and Min- committee deputy chairman, said ister of Finance Alikhan Smailov Smailov. said at the government meeting. Continued on Page A4 Global leaders to focus on ‘inspiring Photo credit: Akorda.kz Photo credit: Kazakh First President Nursultan Nazarbayev (C) and current President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pose for selfie with the participants of the Nur Otan party congress on April 23. -
Fake “Armenian Province” in the Azerbaijani Territories
AKADEMİK BAKIŞ DERGİSİ Sayı: 63 Eylül – Ekim 2017 Uluslararası Hakemli Sosyal Bilimler E-Dergisi ISSN:1694-528X Calal-Abad Uluslararası Üniversitesi, Türk Dünyası Kırgız – Türk Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Calal-Abad – KIRGIZİSTAN http://www.akademikbakis.org FAKE “ARMENIAN PROVINCE” IN THE AZERBAIJANI TERRITORIES Ismayil HAJIYEV* Özet Makalede Azerbaycan topraklarında oluşturulan yapay Ermeni Vilayeti hakkında bahsedilmektedir. Bilindiği üzere, yıllardır Ermeniler “Büyük Ermenistan” düşüncesini gerçekleştirmek için bütün araçlara baş vurmuşlar. Amaçlarına ulaşmak için asırlar boyunca büyük güçlerin yardımına mazhar olmuşlar. Onlar için en önemli fırsat XIX. yüzyılın ilk çeğreğinde Güney Kafkasya’nın, özellikle Azerbaycan topraklarının Çarlık Rusyası tarafından işgali sonucu ortaya çıkmış, sonuçta Nahçıvan ve Erivan hanlıkları ilhak edildikten sonra bu topraklar üzerinde yapay Ermeni Vilayeti oluşturuldu. Makalede Ermeni Vilayeti’nin oluşturulması, yönetim sistemi ve akıbeti hakkında geniş bilgi verilmektedir. Anahtar kelmeler: Azerbaycan, Ermeni Vilayeti, Nahçıvan, Erivan, Rusya. Introduction Leap years Armenian chauvinists resort to everything to gain their “Great Armenia” wishes. For to gain their wishes they are fawning on to some greatest and powerful states of the world. In the IV century the Armenian state is known to be rubbed out the stage of history. It was divided between Iran and Byzantium in 387. And in 428 the Iranian Armenian tsardom was put an end.1 In the XI-XIV centuries there only existed Kilikiya, the Armenian tsardom in the Turkish territories. No real Armenian state existed till the beginning of the XX century. Because they have lived in the territories of various states. From the beginning of the XVIII century Armenians endeavour to form their state in the territories of Azerbaijan.2 Russia has always supported those Armenian intentions and directed them to their own actions. -
December 2007 CURRICULUM VITAE Armen M. Ayvazyan CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Director
December 2007 CURRICULUM VITAE Armen M. Ayvazyan CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Director, “Ararat” Center for Strategic Research, Yerevan, Armenia. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Graduate School of Political Science and International Relations, Yerevan, Armenia, Spring 1996- Senior Researcher, Matenadaran, The Yerevan Institute of Medieval Manuscripts, the 16-18th Centuries Department, May 1994- EMAIL: [email protected] WEB PAGE: www.hayq.org FAX: +374.10.520-420 or 51-26-79 CITIZENSHIP: ARMENIA DATE OF BIRTH: 14 May 1964 GENDER: Male LANGUAGES Excellent in Armenian, Russian and English Fair knowledge of French EDUCATION From February, 1991 to October, 1992: Institute of History of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, FIELD OF STUDY – History of Armenia and the Near East; DEGREE RECEIVED in October, 1992 – Kandidat of Historical Sciences (equivalent to an American Ph.D.) From September, 1981 to June 1986: Yerevan Bryusov Institute of Russian and Foreign Languages; FIELD OF STUDY – History and English language; DEGREE RECEIVED in July, 1986 – Teacher of History and English (equivalent to an American M.A.) PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT Professor of Political Science, Armenian State Academy of Governance, Kiyevian St. 8, Yerevan, Armenia 375028 Team Leader, the European Commission's Sponsored Campaign Against ‘Corruption-Friendly’ Legal and Social Settings in Armenia (generating public intolerance and providing methodological frameworks for the fight against corruption). Adjunct Senior Lecturer of History, History Department, Yerevan State University, course taught – The Essays on the Military History of Armenia, 2003. Visiting Alexander S. Onassis Foundation Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), Athens, from October 2000 to April 2001; research topic – The Greek Strategic Thought in the Post-Cold War Period. -
The Formal Political System in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen Arbeitspapiere und Materialien No. 107 – March 2010 The Formal Political System in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. A Background Study By Andreas Heinrich Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen Klagenfurter Straße 3, 28359 Bremen, Germany phone +49 421 218-69601, fax +49 421 218-69607 http://www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de Arbeitspapiere und Materialien – Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Bremen No. 107: Andreas Heinrich The Formal Political System in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. A Background Study March 2010 ISSN: 1616-7384 About the author: Andreas Heinrich is a researcher at the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen. This working paper has been produced within the research project ‘The Energy Sector and the Political Stability of Regimes in the Caspian Area: A Comparison of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan’, which is being conducted by the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen from April 2009 until April 2011 with financial support from the Volkswagen Foundation. Language editing: Hilary Abuhove Style editing: Judith Janiszewski Layout: Matthias Neumann Cover based on a work of art by Nicholas Bodde Opinions expressed in publications of the Research Centre for East European Studies are solely those of the authors. This publication may not be reprinted or otherwise reproduced—entirely or in part—without prior consent of the Research Centre for East European Studies or without giving credit to author and source. © 2010 by Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Bremen Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Publikationsreferat Klagenfurter Str. 3 28359 Bremen – Germany phone: +49 421 218-69601 fax: +49 421 218-69607 e-mail: [email protected] internet: http://www.forschungsstelle.uni-bremen.de Contents List of Tables ................................................................................................................................5 1. -
BTI 2014 | Kazakhstan Country Report
BTI 2014 | Kazakhstan Country Report Status Index 1-10 5.05 # 81 of 129 Political Transformation 1-10 3.85 # 102 of 129 Economic Transformation 1-10 6.25 # 47 of 129 Management Index 1-10 4.67 # 74 of 129 scale score rank trend This report is part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2014. It covers the period from 31 January 2011 to 31 January 2013. The BTI assesses the transformation toward democracy and a market economy as well as the quality of political management in 129 countries. More on the BTI at http://www.bti-project.org. Please cite as follows: Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2014 — Kazakhstan Country Report. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2014. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. BTI 2014 | Kazakhstan 2 Key Indicators Population M 16.8 HDI 0.754 GDP p.c. $ 13916.6 Pop. growth1 % p.a. 1.4 HDI rank of 187 69 Gini Index 29.0 Life expectancy years 68.9 UN Education Index 0.839 Poverty3 % 1.1 Urban population % 53.5 Gender inequality2 0.312 Aid per capita $ 3.1 Sources: The World Bank, World Development Indicators 2013 | UNDP, Human Development Report 2013. Footnotes: (1) Average annual growth rate. (2) Gender Inequality Index (GII). (3) Percentage of population living on less than $2 a day. Executive Summary At the close of Kazakhstan’s chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 2011 began on a note of optimism. However, by the end of the year, 2011 would be called “one of the hardest and most tragic” in the 20 years of Kazakhstani independence. -
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State Building and Conflict Resolution in the Caucasus
State Building and Confl ict Resolution in the Caucasus Eurasian Studies Library Historical, Political and Social Studies of Slavic and Islamic Cultures in the Eurasian Region VOLUME 1 State Building and Confl ict Resolution in the Caucasus By Charlotte Hille LEIDEN • BOSTON 2010 On the cover: Cristina Garcia Rodero/Magnum Photos/Hollandse Hoogte. Georgia, A woman from a small village of South Ossetia. Th is book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hille, Charlotte Mathilde Louise, 1964– State building and confl ict resolution in the Caucasus / by Charlotte Hille. p. cm. — (Eurasian studies library) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-17901-1 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Nation-building—Caucasus—History. 2. Ethnic confl ict—Caucasus—History. 3. Social confl ict—Caucasus—History. 4. Political violence—Caucasus—History. 5. Confl ict management—Caucasus—History. 6. Caucasus—History. 7. Caucasus— Ethnic relations. 8. Caucasus—Politics and government. I. Title. II. Series. DK509.H55 2010 947.5084—dc22 2009045374 ISSN 1877-9484 ISBN 978 90 04 17901 1 Copyright 2010 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, Th e Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to Th e Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA.