2002

Some of the first special courses on gender issues were introduced to the Republic's regional higher educational institutions in 2002. Osh State University has introduced a special course on basic gender competence; Osh Technical University introduced a special course on gender roles in 2003, and a thematic cluster on “United Nations Women's Conventions”, “Women and Violence” and other issues has been included in the curriculum under the discipline “Human Rights and Violence”; and the Kyrgyz-Uzbek University has provided training courses on “Basic Gender Theory and Practice” at all of its departments since 2003.

Osh State University holds round tables and panel discussions on gender issues for its students. Examples of these include a round table on “Gender stereotypes and today's youth”, held on 1 January 2008; debates entitled “What should the modern family look like?”, held in February; round tables on “Bride abduction”, held in March; and a series of training sessions on “Youth and Law”, held in March and June.

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