Tajikistan has set up a commission to promote clothing the government deems appropriate for citizens of the Central Asian country, an initiative it says is aimed at combating “alien” culture. The ...

This article was written by Alva Omarova for Vlast.kz and published on September 11, 2024. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. Many women in Tajikistan ...

State television in Tajikistan is worried about women’s clothes. Earlier this week, Khatlon, a channel based in the eponymous southern region, broadcast a report lambasting pop music performers for ...

Clothing factories in Tajikistan are churning out brightly coloured national dresses amid a surge in sales, and it's not just because of the arrival of spring. An increasing number of female officials ...

Women in Tajikistan are being advised by the government to dress more “Tajik-style” and not wear either revealing western clothes or Islamic head coverings — supposedly to reinforce national identity.

Funerals in Tajikistan can be anything but quiet, somber affairs. Bereaved, mostly female, family members frequently wail and lament so loudly that their cries can be heard throughout the neighborhood ...