2006

The National Statistical Committee sampled public opinion in 2006 in order to look at the status of men and women in the country and to reveal the factors that have both a positive and negative impact on the status of women in society and in the family, including the problem of violence against women. The National Statistical Committee conducted its survey with the financial support of UNIFEM and the United Nations Population Fund. Two instruments were drawn up in line with the survey strategy: the Household Questionnaire (W1) and the Individual Questionnaire for Women (W1-1) — Victims of Violence. In order to have a sampling of households, a proportional sample of 1,000 households throughout the Republic was used. Both male and female family members (aged from 15 to 70 years) were surveyed in the main questionnaire. Two to three women per given household were then selected to provide further responses to the individual questionnaire for women. The object of the individual survey for women was to look for possible acts of aggression committed against them, such as sexual assault and harassment or threats and attacks. The results of the survey were published in the statistical compendium entitled “Women and Men in the Kyrgyz Republic (2002-2006)”.

Response of the Government of the Republic of Kyrgyz to the questionnaire on violence against women, 2008