GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILEKYRGYZSTANMEASURESVILLAGE COMMUNITY ASSEMBLIES
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KYRGYZSTAN | ASIA
Village Community Assemblies
Type of Measure
Prevention > Community mobilization
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Child early and forced marriage; Trafficking
Year
2008
Brief Description
Every year the law enforcement agencies organize village community assemblies in 91 rural districts, where issues raised include domestic violence, bride abduction, the betrothal of minors, hidden polygamy and human trafficking. The victims of domestic violence receive counselling and advice on the provision of temporary protection orders.
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