In December, the Moldovan public association CASMED launched the initiative ‘I have the right to be healthy’ (“E dreptul meu să fiu sănătos”) in partnership with the Ministries of Health and Education, the European Union, the World Health Organisation and Switzerland. 06.01.2026 The national initiative ‘I have the right to be healthy’ aims to raise …

How the law on foreign representatives has impacted civil society in Kyrgyzstan   30.12.2025   Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website   In Kyrgyzstan, the law on foreign representatives, analogous to Russia’s foreign agents’ legislation, has already had a major impact on civil society. It was adopted eighteen months ago, according to the Office of …

The World Bank has approved $250 million in financing to help Armenia expand access to affordable housing for refugees and strengthen its mortgage market, a move that appears primarily aimed at Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh, even though the press release does not explicitly mention them. 24.12.2025 The funding, approved by the World Bank’s board on …

Published by Progres (progres.online)   18.12.2025 At a meeting of People’s Council on September 19, 2025, Yazmyrat Atamyradov, a member of the People’s Council of Turkmenistan (Halk Maslahaty), proposed to terminate the long-standing policy of annually increasing public sector wages, pensions, and social assistance payments by 10%. He justified the proposal by claiming that “the living conditions of the …

Published by The Ministry of Health of Ukraine (moz.gov.ua)   18.12.2025 The outcomes of the 2025 efforts of the country’s regional centres for disease control and prevention [ЦКПХ – центри контролю та профілактики хвороб], as well as the priority areas for work in 2026, were discussed at the final meeting of the year between the Ministry …

Russian regions have made proposals of ideas to be included in a new strategy for the development of volunteering up until 2030   17.12.2025   Article published on the ASI website   Dobro.rf has completed its analysis of proposals for a new volunteering development strategy.   As part of a Dobro.rf initiative, more than 2,600 …

A new study found that the significant economic and social costs of violence against women in Georgia, stressing that insufficient prevention and response efforts place a burden not only on survivors but also on families, communities and the national economy. 15.12.2025 The research is based on a nationwide survey on violence against women conducted in …

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture rejects a petition calling for LGBTQ+ people to be protected   10.12.2025   Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website   Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Culture and Information has rejected a petition on “We oppose laws that discriminate against LGBTQ+ people”, which appeared on the Epetition platform on 17 November. The Ministry explained …

The problem of violence against women with disabilities in Central Asia   09.12.2025   Article published on the rus.azattyq.org website   A teenage girl with developmental disorders was raped by her two brothers for many years. A woman who uses a wheelchair was constantly harassed by a taxi driver during a journey. Two patients with …

Russia has set up a hotline for victims in rehabilitation centres   08.12.2025   Article published on the ASI website   The launch of the hotline comes amid a wave of scandals surrounding rehabilitation centres.   The Second Chance Foundation for People with Drug Addictions and the New People Party have announced the launch of …