Uzbekistan

This initiative, which drew to a close in 2009, was designed to help to mobilize moderates, marginalize militants, and bridge the U.S./Muslim-world divide.

In an effort to bring the youth voice to the policy conversation, this panel event featured perspectives from members of the Kyrgyz and Uzbek youth diaspora, as well as from young scholars who have researched the role of social media in conflict and peacebuilding, including the role of youth diaspora groups.

Several destabilizing dynamics persist throughout eastern Central Asia, such as weak governance, poor social and economic conditions, ethnic tensions and religious militancy. While these differ in kind and scope in each country, some conflict drivers are transnational in scope, such as energy insecurity and environmental degradation.

Working in partnership with the Uzbek Business Women's Association (BWA), USIP brought together female entrepreneurs from throughout Uzbekistan for a three-day workshop. The workshop's main goal was to provide training in negotiation and problem solving skills for women involved in private business ventures.

Ted Feifer and Nina Sughrue of the Professional Training Program conducted a Workshop on Improving Government and Non-Governmental Organization Understanding in Central Asia and the Caucasus, in partnership with the Business Women's Association of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent, on April 12-14, 2005.

This was the sixth workshop the Training Program has held for NGOs in Central Asia since 2002, and its fourth partnership with the Businesswomen's Association of Uzbekistan. The 36 women participating in this workshop came from Uzbekistan (including the autonomous area of Karakalpakstan), Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

Ted Feifer and Nina Sughrue led this program for businesswomen in Central Asia held in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, March 4-6, 2008. This was the seventh workshop we have held in Central Asia since 2002, and our fifth partnership with the Businesswomen’s Association of Uzbekistan (BWA).

Trainers Ted Feifer and Jacki Wilson held a workshop on negotiation and conflict management skills for 35 businesswomen from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, in partnership with the Business Women’s Association of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent, October 20-22, 2004.  The workshop was opened by the Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan, Svetlana Inamova, whose portfolio includes women's issues.

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