Kazakhstan Women Need Action on Domestic Violence

Click to expand Image Participants at the international Women's Day rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 8, 2022. © 2022 Stanislav Beketov During its October 6 review by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Kazakhstan pledged new legislation to make domestic violence a standalone crime – a timely commitment. Now the government should turn words into action. On September 23, Zhazira Adauova, a mother of two, died after her ex-husband stabbed her 1