Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment: Update

. On Non-Government Non-Commercial Organizations (Law No. 25)
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http://www.lex.uz/pages/Getact.aspx?lact_id=10863.
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National association of Non-Governmental Non-profit Organizations of Uzbekistan. n. d. General information. 
tashkent. http://ngo.uz/index.php/en/biz-a-imizda/znntma-a-ida-umumij-ma-lumot-2
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Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan. 2017. 
Women’s Organizations in Uzbekistan
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Presentation of at the Forum of
Non-profit Organizations.
tashkent. p. 4.
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United Nations economic and Social Commission for asia and the pacific (UNeSCap). [1995]. National Review of the 
Implementation of the provisions of the Beijing declaration and platform for action 1995 and Gender equality
and Women’s empowerment. Bangkok. http://www.unescapsdd.org/files/documents/Beijing20_national_review 
_Uzbekistan.pdf.
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these are the Universal declaration of Human Rights (1948); the International Covenant on Civil and political Rights 
(1966); the International Covenant on economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966); the Convention for the Suppression 
of the traffic in persons, Convention on the political Rights of Women (1952); the Convention on the Nationality of 
Married Women (1957); Convention on the elimination of discrimination against Women (1979); and the Beijing 
declaration and platform for action (1995). Other international instruments adopted by Uzbekistan include the 
Convention against torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (1984); the Fight against 
discrimination in education (1960); and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990).
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International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions ZH100 (1951) 
On Equal Remuneration for Men and Women 
Workers for Work of Equal Value
(ZH100 of 1951); 
On Protection of Motherhood 
(ZH103 of 1956); On discrimination in 
Respect of employment and Occupation (ZH111 of 1958); and On employment policy (ZH122 of 1964)
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In 1995, Uzbekistan ratified the United Nations Convention on the elimination of all Forms 
of discrimination against Women (CedaW). the UN CedaW Committee endorsed and 
published its conclusions in successive national reports in 2001, 2006 (combining the second 
and third reports), and 2010. to address the issues raised by CedaW, the government 
approved successive national action plans (Naps). Key positive aspects resulting from Nap 
implementation include legislative reforms, particularly the adoption of amendments to 
article 47 of the administrative Code (2013) that criminalize anything that prevents children 
from receiving compulsory secondary education or secondary specialized vocational training. 
a special Nap (2015) combats trafficking in persons.
the Fifth National Report was submitted to the CedaW Committee in February 2014, 
and the Concluding Observations of the Committee were released on 20 November 2015. 
On 10 October 2017, the Cabinet of Ministers endorsed the most recent Nap addressing 
the CedaW recommendations.
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Key areas of concern include (i) the lack of an adequate 
mechanism for monitor and ensuring accountability for gender equality; (ii) the still-pending 
status of a draft law on equal rights and opportunities, and a draft Law on Measures of domestic 
violence, which have received sporadic consideration by parliament since 2000; (iii) persistent 
stereotypes regarding traditional roles in the family and society; (iv) weak implementation and 
limited understanding of temporary special measures; (v) women’s low participation rate in 
political and public life and decision making; (vi) the lack of sex-disaggregated data collection 
and monitoring mechanisms; and (vi) the situation of women in rural areas.
to accelerate the resolution of some of these concerns, the WCU developed a series of legal 
documents in 2017, now pending endorsement by the president. these include the following
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the draft law On Measures of Strengthening the Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan, 
to improve its branches and activities;
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a draft program of action, to enhance women’s role in state and public construction, 
strengthen women’s social protection, and promote women’s advancement in the 
political, socioeconomic, and cultural spheres of society; and
• 
a draft program of action for 2017–2021, intended to protect maternal and child health 
and also ensure women’s employment, especially in relation to living conditions and 
way of life. 
In 2008 and 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council considered the first and second 
National Reports of Uzbekistan under its Universal periodic Review (UpR) regarding the 
fulfillment of international obligations related to human rights, including women’s rights. the 
2013 UpR report notes with satisfaction that (i) Uzbekistan has criminalized domestic violence 
under its administrative laws; (ii) the average age of marriage for women is increasing on 
account of mandatory education and training; and (iii) basic legal and formal institutions have 
been established to prevent trafficking in persons, especially women and children.
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data provided by the WCU to adB in November 2017, during data gathering for this CGa update.
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2013.