Uzbekistan highlighted its gender equality reforms at a global conference in Serbia, where officials noted that women hold 38% of parliamentary seats and announced an upcoming Inter-Parliamentary Union’s Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Samarkand.

 The 1990s were a challenging and turbulent period for the countries of the former Soviet Union. The collapse of the “Red Empire” triggered severe ethnic, religious, and political conflicts in several nations. Newly independent states such as Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Armenia found themselves engulfed in civil wars and armed conflicts. “Daryo” presents the stories of individuals who witnessed and endured the atrocities of the Tajik civil war (1992–1997), a conflict that claimed thousands of lives.