Gender differences in Kazakh culture

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Historical way In Kazakh culture, the main role of a woman

Historical way

In Kazakh culture, the main role of a woman was

raising a child, the keeper of the outbreak. Even if the Kazakhs looked with respect for the female gender, Kazakh girls did not have the right to vote.
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THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN DATES BACK TO THE LATE

THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN DATES BACK TO THE LATE

19TH CENTURY. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS INEXTRICABLY LINKED WITH THE ALL-RUSSIAN MOVEMENT FOR PROVIDING WOMEN WITH ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND PAID WORK IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. THE NATIONAL KAZAKH WOMEN'S MOVEMENT WAS FULLY FORMED ONLY IN THE 1990S AFTER KAZAKHSTAN GAINED INDEPENDENCE.
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Forced marriage and bride kidnapping are problems with which women and

Forced marriage and bride kidnapping are problems with which women and girls are confronted

in Kazakhstan, although their exact prevalence is not known. In Kazakhstan, bride kidnapping (alyp qashu) is divided into non-consensual and consensual abductions, kelisimsiz alyp qashu ("to take and run without agreement") and kelissimmen alyp qashu ("to take and run with agreement"), respectively. Some kidnappers are motivated by the wish to avoid paying a bride price.
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Kazakhstan has maintained a steady women’s labor participation rate that compares

Kazakhstan has maintained a steady women’s labor participation rate that compares

well with that of most other countries, including some high-development economies. The 2016 Human Development Report data shows women’s labor force participation rate at 66.1% compared to 77.0% for men.
Women are underrepresented in executive positions in most spheres of the economy. The one sphere that has more women chief executive officers than men is education where women head 63.8% of companies. For health and social services, 46.3% are headed by women; for housing and food services, 42.7% of the chiefs are women. For finance and insurance, 41.7% have a woman as the top executive, followed by real estate (40.5%) and art (36.5%). Women had low representation as the top executive in agriculture (12.9%), energy (12.6%), and mining and quarrying (11.6%).
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