Uzbekistan News » Tashkent News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: Uzbekistan Engages Religious Leaders in Promoting Gender Equality
UNFPA and Uzbek partners are training religious leaders to promote gender equality, reproductive health, family well-being and violence prevention.
News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: Revisiting Uzbekistan’s Progress on Religious Freedom
In October 2017, Ahmed Shaheed — then the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief — was the first U.N. special rapporteur to visit Uzbekistan since 2002. The visit came in ...
News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Bishop Maculewicz: “Two new churches and a small community called to be salt and leaven in society”
Two new parishes in a Muslim-majority country, and a small Catholic community quietly growing, step by step. In Uzbekistan, the Catholic Church is a numerically small presence, yet it continues to put ...
News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: Uzbekistan Treating Religion as a Threat
There’s not a huge number of people indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), so it’s pretty easy to avoid them in your day-to-day life. In fact, there are, according to the ...
News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: Uzbekistan lifts school headscarf ban after parents' appeals
The decision follows the amendment earlier this year of the country's law on freedom of conscience to allow women to wear the hijab in public places.
News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: Reports claim wedding was cancelled in Tashkent due to mahr demands
Reports have circulated on social media stating that a wedding in Tashkent was cancelled during the religious marriage ceremony due to a disagreement ...
News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: freedom of religion in Uzbekistan
The apparently increasing number of hujra, clandestine religious classrooms, in Uzbekistan indicates a growing need for formal religious education that is not attainable for many at present. Five ...
News Uzbekistan » Tashkent » Religion: Opinion: From Uzbekistan to Utah — lessons on religion and social harmony
Understanding Uzbekistan The experience of Utah and the recent trajectory of Uzbekistan — although emerging from two societies far apart geographically — affirm a common truth: Religion is not only ...