Teenagers left without parental care are becoming social volunteers   In 2023, teenagers from Moscow centres for the promotion of family education will try to work as social volunteers.   25.01.23   Nine types of volunteer groups have been prepared for the teenagers. Here they will be able to help people with disabilities, children, the …

Youth Rights Protection Centre opened   The centre works under the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy, Artem Metelev.   25.01.2023   Artem Metelev explained that the centre will be helping young people who need legal support. Young people can access help through a 24/7 chatbot.   “Young people often face violations …

In the last year, the number of social enterprises in Russia has increased by more than a quarter   According to the Our Future Foundation, as of January 2023, almost 8,000 business units were registered in the Register of Social Enterprises, over 27% more than last year.   25.01.2023   Social entrepreneurship in Russia is …

Moscow City Court has dissolved the Moscow-Helsinki Watch Group   At the end of 2022, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation demanded the dissolution of the Moscow-Helsinki Watch Group.   25.01.2023   The newspaper Kommersant quotes the court’s decision “to grant the Ministry of Justice’s petition to dissolve the human rights council”.   …

Investments in health care up 35% in 2022 in Kazakhstan 24 January 2023   ASTANA. KAZINFORM – Capital investments in healthcare grew in 2022 in Kazakhstan despite the drastic slowdown the previous year, Kazinform cites finprom.kz. Investments in fixed capital in health care and social services in January-December 2022 totaled KZT273 billion, a 35% year-on-year …

Tajikistan: In a world of unreliable men, polygamy offers uneasy answer Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned. Published by Eurasianet, 20 January, 2023 Lola, 43, says being a second wife has worked out well for her. When she met the man that she would go …

EurasiaChat: Healthcare is collapsing in Central Asia and doctors are being blamed A series of podcasts, 17 January 2023 Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov In our podcast this week, hosts Aigerim Toleukhanova and Alisher Khamidov discuss the connection between dangerous air pollution, unusually cold weather, and the regionwide energy crisis. Experts agree on some straightforward causes …

The Safety Zones project helped 1,183 lost individuals return home   Safety Zones is a project of the X5 Group (Pyaterochka and Perekrestok chains), in collaboration with the Centre to Search for Missing People and the Liza Alert search and rescue team.   17.01.2023   A lost person can walk into any Pyaterochka or Perekrestok …

Most infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists in Russia support the criminalisation of aspects of HIV   According to a survey conducted by the Eurasian Women’s AIDS Network (EWNA).   16.01.2023   186 specialists participated in the survey. Of the respondents, 30.5% worked in AIDS centres, 28% worked in hospitals, 27% worked in clinics, 20.1% worked …

The Presidential Grants Fund allocates 2 billion roubles to regional NGOs   81 regions received grants for further distribution among non-profit organisations.   13.01.2023   At a recent meeting, the coordinating committee approved the distribution of 2 billion roubles for co-financing CSO grants at the regional level in 2023.   Regions had an opportunity to …