The Republic of Turkmenistan has introduced restrictions on women’s appearance and beauty culture, as well as on personal freedoms related to travel and access to abortion. The new rules were imposed after a new president of the country, Serdar
Trace’s Bribery Risk Matrix Restates The Obvious
Recently Trace International released its Trace Bribery Risk Matrix.
Like other rankings of bribery and corruption, there is nothing per se wrong with the Bribery Risk Matrix. However, as stated several times on these pages (see here and here), I
Turkmenistan bans the word coronavirus | RSF
By banishing the word coronavirus from the Turkmen vocabulary in a radical move to suppress all information about the pandemic, Turkmenistan s government is putting its citizens in danger, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says.The state-controlled media are no longer allowed
Do We Really Need C = T – O To Tell Us Things We Already Likely Know?
I recently came across Risk Advisory’s Corruption Challenges Index.
My reaction to the Corruption Challenges Index is the same as my reaction to other rankings of corruption published by for profit companies: does the compliance community really need surveys or
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Halts Imports of Cotton and Cotton Goods from Turkmenistan
On May 18, 2018, CBP issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) banning the importation of all Turkmenistan cotton or products produced in whole or in part with Turkmenistan cotton. The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) was signed
America Becomes a Stan – The New York Times
In 2015 the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, was graced with a new public monument: a giant gold-plated sculpture portraying the country s president on horseback. This may strike you as a bit excessive. But cults of personality
Places of Perpetual Fire
Turkmenistan Proposes New International Legal Framework on Energy Security
The Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, stressed energy security as a basic condition for global development and proposed the creation of an international legal framework on the issue, as he addressed the high-level debate of the United Nations
UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA)
The Security Council has voiced its support for the role that preventive diplomacy and early warning mechanisms play in settling disputes peacefully, and praised the work carried out by a United Nations centre in Central Asia to strengthen this practice
Women’s Interfaith Dialogue to Host Discussion About Birth Control Methods Around the World
knoxnews.com: WID hosts sexuality and birth control speakers Nov. 1: The next meeting of the Women’s Interfaith Dialogue is at 2 p.m., Nov 1, at Grace Covenant Church, 100-C Adams Lane, Oak Ridge. Ginny Ramseyer Winter, MSW and Staley