Photo: Dana Oparina / Anhor.uz A little more than a week remains before the presidential elections in Uzbekistan, but it turns out that some polling stations are not adapted to the needs of disabled people. Anhor.uz journalist Dana Oparina and Deputy Chairperson of the Association of...
Photo: "Balance" film cover The other day I watched a documentary film by a novice documentary filmmaker from Tashkent Ilkhom Ikramov. The author of the idea and director Ikramov wrote that the film "Balance" is 'a documentary about overcoming difficulties, acceptance, and dreams.' Surayyo Mukhamedova, a woman...
Back in July 2021, Sophie Ibbotson, Uzbekistan's Tourism Ambassador to the UK, invited me to contribute to the forthcoming OCA Magazine issue on UK-Uzbekistan bilateral relations and write about why social inclusion and accessibility in the arts and culture is so important. The article was published in...
Illustration: Eldos Fazylbekov / Gazeta.uz The involvement of blind and visually impaired teachers in the education system is necessary for the promotion of inclusion in this field of Uzbekistan. But have equal conditions and opportunities been created for them to carry out teaching activities like teachers without...
Photo: Abdulaziz Salimov, a blind Mathematics student at the National University of Uzbekistan, by Konstantin Bashlaev How are disability-inclusive employment and innovations interconnected? Why is inclusivity in the field of information and communication technologies of practical importance for persons with disabilities and society and business in...
Photo: Deaf Muslim women at a local mosque in Tashkent greeting each other This working paper resulted from my doctoral research fieldwork conducted in Tashkent in 2018-2019. It now seems to me that I would never think about the relationship between disability and religious inequality if...
Photo: Xalq So‘zi A state-run Uzbek newspaper Xalq So‘zi (People's Word) reports that on June 7, 2021, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signs the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (New York,...
Illustration by David Werner, 1998, "Nothing About Us Without Us: Developing Innovative Technologies For, By and With Disabled Persons". Does the recently established Interagency Council on the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities represent the rights and interests of people with disabilities and their organisations? Together with...
Illustration: Eldos Fazylbekov / Gazeta.uz Representatives of the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan and system-forming NGOs (GONGOs) report positive changes in the development of civil society. But is everything perfect, and are there any genuine improvements in the regulation of NGOs and civil society institutions in...
Illustration: Eldos Fazylbekov / Gazeta.uz What is the essence and principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR)? Why it cannot be equated with charity and how best to implement projects useful to society? Together with a CSR specialist, founder and director of the consulting company CARE CSR,...