Changing Status of Women in Central Asia : A Comparative Study of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

ABOUT THE BOOK:- The present book critically observes the status of women in Central Asia after 1990's. The effects of Soviet legacy in the present context are also analyzed at extent. In contemporary transition period they are facing many problems including revival of religion, new democratic political order, capitalist economic system and traditional social system. These new changes have both negative and positive effects over the lives of women also. A modest attempt has been made to compare the differences in contemporary position of Kazakh and Uzbek women despite of their common USSR legacy and Islamic society. The relevance of this book can be judged both in the context of Islamic and Socialist Feminist theories and practices to understand patriarchal organization in Central Asian states. The streams of Socialist and Islamic Feminism are critically analyzed and further the way it made contribution in women's emancipation. Socialist feminism generally took every step in women emancipation in national interests rather than in women's interest. Though the book broadly deals with the position of women in Central Asia, but at the same time its focus is to study Kazakh and Uzbek women.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Mukta Tanwar did her M.Phil on the topic Russia-India-China Triangle: An Appraisal from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 2007. She joined Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi for her doctoral studies and completed her Ph.D in 2011. The present book is based on her Ph.D thesis and this publication is financially supported by ICSSR, New Delhi. At present, she is working as Associate Consultant (Gender) in Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad, Panchkula where her key concern is to uplift the status of girl education in schools of Haryana. She is extremely enthused with the present government's Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao program. She is also a Nodal Officer of this program in the state.