A new Ilo report puts the spotlight back on the plight of boys and girls under the age of 15 who are forced to work in the fields in freezing temperatures in the winter and extremely hot in the summer, exposed to the risks associated with the massive use of chemicals. Practices in force since the days of Soviet planned eocnomy.
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President Šavkat Mirziyoyev has called for a year of celebrations for the 300th anniversary of Magtymguly's birth, extolling his special contribution to the history and literature of all Turkic peoples. A film is also to be produced and an exhibition of artistic works illustrating the bonds of friendship and fraternity between the Uzbek and Turkmen peoples is to be held in Tashkent.
Forced gynaecological examinations in schools have been introduced in some districts against teenage pregnancies. Absurd and humiliating practices that are not new in a country where the authorities arrogate to themselves the right to control all aspects of people's private lives.
Brussels has promised the Central Asian partners to mobilise substantial resources for state and private investments of up to EUR 10 billion by 2027. The largest part will go towards the creation of the Transcaspian multimodal corridor, which will be the main alternative to the northern route through Russia and Belarus. Moscow's reactions.
Turkmenistan wants to make up for the shortage of school books by switching to online libraries. But this contrasts with the very poor quality of the online network, which is also due to the tight police control to prevent the dissemination of undesirable material.
