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SFK produced the first report on human rights of LGBT in Kazakhstan

Webmaster — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:22:10 +0600

SFK has launched the first ever report on the human rights situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in Kazakhstan.

Wealth Gap Widening in Kazakhstan

Webmaster — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:59:52 +0600

Business Week, September 11, 2009

Despite its mineral-led economic boom, the Central Asian nation's development agenda is inchoate-leaving most of the benefits to cities like Astana and Almaty

By Aiman Tynyshbaeva

Efficiency of Public Spending: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia

Webmaster — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:35:31 +0600

Revenue Watch Institute and Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan will hold an international conference, entitled “Efficiency of Public Spending in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia” on November 14-15, 2008. The conference will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan at the Okan Intercontinental Hotel (the Istanbul Hall).

Penal reform through advocacy projects

Webmaster — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:56:40 +0600

The Sub-Board for Law and Human Rights of OSI is re-launching penal reform work in Central, Eastern Europe and CIS countries by encouraging NGOs to submit penal reform advocacy projects.

Study uncovers acute education problems in rural areas in Kazakhstan

Webmaster — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:15:55 +0600

A study into rural and ungraded schools, conducted by the Sandzh research center and independent experts and commissioned by Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan, has shown that education for rural children costs to the state, and, therefore, taxpayers, three-and-a-half times more expensive than for urban children.