A mobile application created by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has been introduced in Kyrgyzstan to help girls track their menstrual cycles. The Kyrgyz version of the Oky app was developed after focus groups showed that menstruation was a taboo topic in many Kyrgyz families.
The excavated ruins of an ancient Buddhist temple in Kyrgyzstan are set to go on public display. The clay-brick walls of the monastery are more than 1,000 years old and stood along what was then the Silk Road trade route between Asia and Europe.
Female lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan plan to introduce a bill to outlaw sexual harassment.
