ASHGABAT -- At recent ceremonies ahead of International Women's Day in Turkmenistan, ... $3 at black-market rates -- after the ceremony, she explained.

Women’s Rights in Turkmenistan Article 29 of Turkmenistan’s constitution and Law No.264-V of August 18, 2015, grant equal civil rights and opportunities for men and women.

In contemporary Turkmenistan, March 8th has been celebrated as International Women’s Day (IWD) since 2008.Prior to that, the IWD was moved to March 21 by Turkmenistan’s first president, Saparmyrat ...

But for women in Turkmenistan such everyday activities are now against the law, subject to fines of up to half the minimum monthly wage. Beauticians who tend to them can be jailed for 15 days.

Turkmenistan is the safest country for women in Central Asia, according to the Women, Peace and Security Index recently published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the ...

Turkmenistan President to Pay Every Woman $11 for Women's Day. Published ...

When the exchange rate of Turkmenistan's national currency, the manat, fell to 40 to the dollar on the black market on April 3, it was more than 11 times the long-standing official rate of 3.5 ...

Women in the ex-Soviet state of Turkmenistan will receive $10 each from the state this week as a Women's Day present. Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market ...

Police on an anti-prostitution drive in the capital of Turkmenistan are picking up women simply out for the evening, it's claimed. In a typical scene, officers in black suits burst into cafes, ...

Fresh of banishing black cars from Turkmenistan based on a superstitious hunch, the country’s strong-arm leader has one-upped himself by officially banning women from driving in the central ...

Like other women interviewed by Agence France-Presse in Turkmenistan — ranked by rights groups as one of the most closed and repressive countries in the world — she withheld her surname. There is no ...