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Why can you buy German bread in Kazakhstan?
A story of mass movements throughout Central Asia, by Nikolai Klassen. Not only is Russia a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma: fragments of the puzzle are also replicated and recapitulated throughout Central Asia, with the five ‘stans’ all bearing idiosyncrasies that point to a past as rich and unpredictable as the present.…
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Review of Overcoming a Taboo: Normalizing Sexuality Education in Kazakhstan
Recent reports show the rates of child abandonment as a consequence of unwanted teenage pregnancies are alarmingly high in Kazakhstan. This problem along with other sexual health problems could be the result of a number of factors, including the lack of effective sexuality education programs in the school curriculum that would shape young people’s sexual…
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Europe and Kazakhstan
Former Austrian foreign minister, Dr Benita Ferrero-Waldner, outlines the growing interdependence of Kazakhstan and the European Union.
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Hair-Clips and Hierarchy
What ‘Mambetka’ means for Kazakhstan in the Age of Inequality.