BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aida Kasymalieva, Kyrgyzstan's youngest female member of parliament, was stunned when her male colleagues walked out as she spoke at a session on ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - About one in five young women and girls in Kyrgyzstan are kidnapped for marriage, according to a study published on Wednesday which found their babies are smaller ...

In Kyrgyzstan, which is located in Central Asia, there is no word for 'date', and there are many cases where men kidnap women who will become wives and force them to marry. Sevindj Nurkiyazova, a ...

The murder of 20-year-old Burulai Turdaaly Kyzy inside a provincial police station in May caused uproar in Kyrgyzstan, sparking street demonstrations and the dismissals of several police officers. Ms ...