ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN UZBEKISTAN: CALL FOR ACTION

Аннотация

In these extraordinary times, spring 2022, I would like to welcome you to the conference “Spiritual and legalfoundations for protecting women from harassment and violence” organized by the Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, National Research University, Uzbek State University ofWorld Languages and Tashkent Women’s Association “Olima” in collaboration with the portal of international scientific journals. This conferences addresses the urgent need to examine public policy in Uzbekistan by looking at gender policy in the field of protection of women from oppression and violence, protection of women’s rights, prevention of violence against women, its identification, effective organizational and legal mechanisms to put an end to violence, measures to eliminate the causes and conditions of oppression and violence against women.