Forum discusses Kazakhstan’s new gender action plan
- Written by TCA
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan is taking a new step towards the equality of opportunity for women and men with a new national strategic approach: the “Concept for Family and Gender Policy in Kazakhstan until 2030”. The new approach and a coordinating action plan was discussed in Astana on 10 February at the national forum “Empowerment of women in the corporate sector”. The secretary of state, government ministers, representatives of international organisations, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and entrepreneurs discussed ways of enhancing women’s economic opportunities and realising women’s potential at work, EBRD’s press office reported.