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Mobilizing Communities to End the Spread of HIV
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On December 1, we joined the global community in commemorating World AIDS Day. Meet Irina, an HIV peer navigator, from Kazakhstan, who works for a community-based organization that raises awareness about HIV and helps people learn their status and seek treatment.
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Bringing Life Skills to Kazakhstan’s At-Risk Youth
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“After the course, my self-esteem improved and I am more confident. I accept myself the way I am and am not so influenced by or dependent on the opinions of others,” says Milana Tushkanova, a 16-year old who is in her second year of studying electrical engineering at the Mining and Metallurgical College in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Milana is also one of the first graduates of the USAID-funded Life Skills Training Program which completed in February 2021. As a result of the program, Milana saw how important it is to strengthen her family relationships, friendships, and connections with the people in her life.
Empowering Young Kazakhstani Women to Join the Renewable Energy Sector
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After the fall of the Soviet Union, the governments of all five Central Asian countries made commitments to promoting equal rights and opportunities for all people as well as joining international human rights conventions. Nevertheless, women still encounter cultural and social barriers when entering technical and management fields, which are traditionally considered to be more suitable for men.
The Benefits of Joining a Sustainable Supply Chain
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Kristina Shoh, 26, is a single mother of two living in Malik Gabdullin village, three hours outside of Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan. She works for KazBeef Holding, an American-Kazakh joint venture and a leading beef producer in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Her responsibilities include keeping farmer records and documenting calves taken to the feedlot. Kristina is also an entrepreneur – for an additional income, she and her mother run a small farm with 40 cows and calves.