Russia: hotline for emergency psychological help for children and parents

A short hotline number for providing emergency psychological help for children and their parents to be created in Russia   12.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   At a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Decade of Childhood held on 12 July, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced that work would …

Lithuania gives 1m euros to rebuild hospital in Ukraine

Lithuania to provide one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild a hospital badly damaged by Russian airstrikes   10.07.2024   Article published on the Ivt.it website   The Lithuanian Government has allocated one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv which was badly damaged by Russian shelling.   “We have …

Healthcare reform and increased life expectancy in Kazakhstan

Life expectancy rates in Kazakhstan now exceed 75 years of age   10.07.2024   Article published on the centralasia.news website   On 9 July, the Head of State’s press service reported that Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was given a report by his Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova on the current work of the department and plans …

Russia: Telegram channel set up for prevention of orphanhood

The Russian Federation’s Children’s Commissioner has set up a Telegram channel that will focus on the prevention of orphanhood   10.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   The channel will feature news, expert opinion, analysis and the results of an All-Russian audit of orphanhood in Russia.   Maria Lvova-Belova, the Federation’s Children’s Rights …

New additions to Russia’s list of ‘foreign agents’

A lawyer, journalists and municipal deputies: The Ministry of Justice has updated its list of foreign agents   08.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   Ryazan Memorial and the Russian Research Centre for Human Rights have been removed from the register as a result of their dissolution.   On 5 July, the journalists …

Russia: the culture of volunteering comes from within the family

The culture of volunteering comes from within the family, says research   08.07.2024   Article posted on the ASI website   Family happiness, love and children are of paramount importance for 54% of those who took part in a survey conducted by the Centre for Civil Society and Non-Profit Sector of the National Research University …

Russia: problems with submission of reports by ‘foreign agents’

Legal entities and individuals classed as foreign agents still unable to submit reports online   08.07.2024   Article published on the ASI website   A Ministry of Justice Order on the procedure and deadlines for posting reports online came into force in 2022, with the reporting platform meant to be operational last year.   Under …

Uzbekistan among the five worst countries for pensions

Uzbekistan among the five worst countries for pensions and the worst in terms of age discrimination   06.07.2024   Article published on the yep.uz website   Uzbekistan ranks fifth from the bottom in terms of sustainability and adequacy of pension systems, according to the Allianz Pension Index report. In fact, in some respects, the country …

Japan donates four medical mobile containers to Uzbekistan  

Japan donates four medical mobile containers to Uzbekistan   03.07.2024   Article published on the centralasia.news website   The Japanese Embassy in Uzbekistan has announced that its Government has donated four mobile containers with medical equipment worth about $6.2 million to Uzbekistan as part of the Economic and Social Development Programme.   The containers hold …

How socially vulnerable people are used in Georgia

“We know what will happen if we make a mistake in front of the ruling party” — how socially vulnerable people are used in Adjara   02.07.2024   About 40,000 socially vulnerable people are employed throughout Georgia. Their average salary is 300 lari per month. In many cases, the responsibilities of the employed indicate that …