Discrimination and Despondency Traps

In Uzbekistan, patriarchal controls and sexist discrimination are widespread yet rarely critiqued. Let me share some more examples:

• Daughters may be given names that they were unwanted

• Ornate sacred spaces are reserved for men

• Maternity discrimination

• Pay discrimination

• Employment discrimination

• Patriarchal controls

• Male violence

• Female victims are vilified

• Sexual harassment