Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment: Update

Human Development Report 2016. New York. 
New York.
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Social institutions are conceived as long-lasting codes of conduct, norms, traditions, and informal and formal laws that 
influence gender equality. (OeCd. 2015. 
Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014. Country Profiles: Uzbekistan
. paris. 
https://www.oecd.org/dev/development-gender/42289479.pdf . a newer dataset is not yet available.)
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(OeCd. 2017. 
Social Institutions and Gender Index 2017. 
paris. http://www.genderindex.org/. a score of “0” represents a 
situation of equality, and “1” indicates that women experience discrimination.)
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World economic Forum. 2017. 
Global Gender Gap Report
. Geneva. https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-gender-
gap-report-2017.
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european Institute for Gender equality. 2017. 
Global Gender Equality Index: Progress at a Snail’s Pace.
Vilnius, Lithuania. 
http://eige.europa.eu/news-and-events/news/gender-equality-index-2017-progress-snails-pace.
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World Bank. 2016. 
Systemic Country Diagnostics for Uzbekistan
. Washington, dC. http://documents.worldbank.org/
curated/en/304791468184434621/pdf/106454-ReVISed-pUBLIC-SecM2016-0167-1.pdf.
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adB. 2017
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 Basic Statistics
. https://www.adb.org/publications/basic-statistics-2017. 
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this threshold is defined in the 2012 regulation 
On the Procedure of Appointment and Payment of Social Allowances and 
Material Aid to Low-Income Families.
Used by 
makhallyas
for the award of poverty allowances. the official minimum 
wage in January 2017 was set at SUM149,775 per month. (From data provided by the State Committee on Statistics to 
adB in May 2018 for this CGa update).

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Introduction
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1. Civil Society Organizations
Uzbekistan legally guarantees respect for the rights and interests of nongovernment 
organizations (NGOs), religious organizations, and other civil society organizations.
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Founded 
in 2005 and managed by a parliamentary commission and NGOs, the National association of 
Non-Governmental Non-profit Organizations of Uzbekistan is among the largest NGOs in the 
country; it brings together over 150 leading national and regional civil institutions to implement 
the democratic transition.
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the association and other civil society participants supported over 1,000 NGOs in 2014–2017. 
Women’s organizations (self-identified women’s public associations) compose 7% of NGOs 
in Uzbekistan.
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In 2017, a total of 595 (6.8%) women’s organizations, focused mostly on social 
support, health care for women and their families, disability services, sports development, and 
improvement of the legal culture of women and the general population, registered with the 
Ministry of Justice, (footnote 17).
Women account for almost half of the membership of Uzbekistan’s four political parties.
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all parties have female factions that concentrate on improving women’s activism, nominating 
women to representative bodies during central and local elections, and enhancing women’s role 
in decision making. the close collaboration between political parties and the WCU is based on 
joint plans of action and memorandums of cooperation.
D. Overview of International Commitments
Uzbekistan has acceded to more than 60 international treaties on human rights, joined several 
international institutions, and participated in conventions committed to the promotion of 
gender equality and the protection of women’s rights.
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In fact, the government ratified all 
International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions related to equal rights for men and 
women and incorporated them in the Labor Code and the Law on employment of population.
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Supreme assembly. 2004