Kyrgyzstan currently has one female minister, and no female member of parliament.
All bills and regulations will now be subject to a mandatory "gender appraisal" in an bid to create conditions "to achieve women's empowerment."
The heads of national and local government agencies will now be obliged to introduce equal-employment policies.
(RIA Novosti, ITAR-TASS, Kabar)
The Tulip Revolution
ONE YEAR AGO: Click on the image to view RFE/RL's archive of coverage of Kyrgyzstan's Tulip Revolution from the beginning, including biographical sketches of the key players and photo galleries of the demonstrations.
See RFE/RL's special review of the March 2005 Kyrgyz events:
Questions Remain About March 24 'Revolution' (Part I)
Did Revolution Sow The Seeds Of Democracy? (Part II)
Was 'Revolution' A Worthy Successor To Rose And Orange? (Part III)
See also:
Reporter's Notebook -- Witness To The Uprising
THE COMPLETE KYRGYZSTAN: To view an archive of all of RFE/RL's coverage of Kyrgyzstan, click here.
