2004 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkmenistan, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 28 February 2005.Section 5 of the report contains a paragraph on the status of women in Turkmenistan, and a subsection on trafficking.
Turkmenistan: The Making of a Failed State, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 2 April 2004.This report discusses the situation of human rights in Turkmenistan and has a section on women’s rights.
Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2004 (Events of 2003), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 23 June 2004.This report discusses the situation of human rights in Turkmenistan.
2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Turkmenistan, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 25 February 2004.This report has a section on the status of women and on the trafficking of persons in Turkmenistan.
Human Rights in the OSCE Region: Europe, Central Asia and North America, Report 2003 (Events of 2002), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 24 June 2003. (PDF, 9 pages).This report discusses the situation of human rights in Turkmenistan.
Integration of the Human Rights of Women and the Gender Perspective - Violence Against Women, Addendum 1, Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 27 Feb. 2003. (PDF, 435). This report has information regarding sexual harassment, rape, prostitution, trafficking and domestic violence against women in Turkmenistan. Information on Turkmenistan can be found on page 219.
Survey of Legislative Frameworks for Combating Trafficking in Persons, Kristi Severance, American Bar Association, Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI), January 2003. This survey presents an overview of the status of anti-trafficking legislation in 21 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia, including Turkmenistan. The survey includes an overview of the scope of the problem and a summary of the role of the UN Trafficking Protocol and the human rights standards that should be applied in anti-trafficking legislation.
Human Rights in the OSCE Region: The Balkans, the Caucasus, Europe, Central Asia and North America Report 2002 (Events of 2001) -Women's Rights, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 28 May 2002. This section discusses the decline in women's reproductive, economic and individual rights in Turkmenistan.
A Human Rights Report on Trafficking of Persons, Especially Women and Children: Turkmenistan, The Protection Project, March 2002. (PDF, 2 pages). This report has a section on the trafficking of persons in Turkmenistan including relevant penalties in the criminal code and international conventions.
Status of Women in Turkmenistan, Karlieva, et. al, UN Development Programme, 2000.This report describes the history of the women's movement in Turkmenistan, statistics and laws pertaining to women's issues, and the current status of women in the areas of economics, health and education.
Women 2000- An Investigation into the Status of Women's Rights in Central and South-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States, International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, 5 November 2000. (PDF, 7 pages).This report describes the current situation of women in Turkmenistan, including discrimination, domestic violence, and social and economic rights. The report cites legal provisions when possible.
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