Year: 2023

🙋🏻‍♀️ Contest of dissent against gender-based violence: Aigine CRC announces a contest to create a script for short films against violence against women. The main requirement is that the script should incorporate views and concepts that are widely shared among Kyrgyz and other local ethnic groups and suggest ways to address the problem. The script should form the basis of a 2-3 minute movie. The script may be presented in local languages convenient for the authors. The contest period is November 10 – December 10. From the submitted scripts 2…

🙋🏻‍♀️ Meetings on violence against women: On October 31, a series of meetings and conversations on violence against women took place. The meetings were attended by journalists, social activists and cultural workers. The following issues were discussed with the meeting participants: – In your opinion, what are the reasons for the increase in violence against women in society? – Is it possible to assess the circumstances that led to the gender gap between men and women? – What actions can we take together to help prevent violence against women? 🧫…

Field trips: From October 21-24, 2023, the Aigine CRC team made a number of trips to historical and cultural sites of petroglyphs in southern Kyrgyzstan. The first visit was to the historical and cultural complex of petroglyphs located in the area known as Jol-Chyrak and Kaldyrama-Boz Bee, also called Murdash-Bashy. On October 22, the team visited the Batken petroglyphs for the first time. During the visits, the team documented a number of stones and assessed the physical condition of the complexes. As part of further actions to preserve and protect…

🌳 Activities on restoration and protection of Archa Mazar: Within the framework of legalization of activities on restoration and protection of the sacral site Archa Mazar, located in Ton district of Ysy-Kul province, the initiative group prepared a letter of appeal to Akim of Ton district with a request for permission to carry out the necessary restoration and protection works of Mazar. 🏔️ Climate Change in Kyrgyzstan: Common Observations and Challenges for Sustainable Cultural Heritage: On October 18, at a meeting of cultural heritage experts in Isfahan, Iran, representatives of…