Work on gender equality

On August 25 this year, an expanded meeting of the Republican Women's Public Council and the Commission on Ensuring Gender Equality was held in Tashkent. The event was attended by members of the commission, representatives of partner organizations and non-governmental non-profit organizations.

The meeting, chaired by the Chairperson of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis Tanzila Narbaeva, reviewed the work done over the past three months in support of women and the strategy of action aimed at gender equality until 2030.

In particular, 68,281 women included in the "women's notebook" and wishing to engage in entrepreneurship were allocated a soft loan in the amount of 838 billion soums to ensure their employment. 779 women underwent medical examination, being in a difficult social situation.

The meeting discussed and adopted appropriate decisions on such issues as the regions where the practice of marriage between relatives is widespread, the widespread involvement of women in scientific activities within the framework of the strategy for ensuring gender equality, the provision of employment for unemployed women, the creation of a state trust fund to support women.