Alternative information on Kyrgyzstan’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Alternative information  by the Kyrgyz Family Planning Alliance and ADC Memorial on Kyrgyzstan’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in connection with the review of the state report by the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women for the 76th Pre-session Working Group of the CEDAW:

1. Impact of migration on women

• Problems with reproductive health
• Difficulties faced by HIV-positive women
• Stigmatization of female migrants by fellow Kyrgyz nationals
• Impact of migration on children; labor by underage female migrants

2. Restrictions on women’s employment rights