Social protection plays a key role in countering climate change impact but countries most impacted by the climate crisis are the least prepared

Governments must do more to utilize universal social protection to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change and achieve a just transition, according to a new ILO report.

UZBEK FARMER: “I WOULD LIKE THE TRUTH TO BE TOLD.”

Many farmers are tired of injustice, but they are afraid to speak out. I don’t know what might happen to me tomorrow, but if I am put in prison or disappear, consider the hokim of the Shahrisabz district, Samad Khasanov, responsible for it”, said Kudratov.

Casting a light on dependent contractors: a new statistical and increasingly important category

While dependent contractors have long existed as a group of workers, they have only been made visible in official statistics recently. The relationships between workers and the economic units for which they work are complex and changing. These work relationships cover various dimensions, including work arrangements, forms of employment, the degree of workers’ autonomy in decision-making, the level of economic risk they are exposed to, etc. Work relationships are closely related to workers’ status in employment.

Violence against health workers in Kyrgyzstan sparks calls for protections and social dialogue

(4 August, 2025) In July, a disturbing incident in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, highlighted the growing threat of violence against health workers in the region. After a doctor asked the noisy relatives of a patient to calm down, he was physically attacked. Rather than the perpetrators being detained, it was the doctor who was taken into custody by police. The attackers filed a counterclaim accusing the physician of verbal abuse, and a court sentenced the assaulted doctor to three days of administrative arrest.

Fighting for the safety of Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare heroes

How a union leader is championing the rights of health workers.

Uzbek Farmer Punished with Water Cutoff After Refusing to Surrender Extra Grain to the State

In his video appeal Bobur Pardaev, a farmer from the Oltinsoy district, addressed the district hokim, Bahrom Mahmatraemov, standing in the middle of his wilted cotton field. In the video, Pardaev said that the hokim had instructed local irrigation authorities to deny his field access to water. As a result, the farmer said that half of his cotton harvest has already been destroyed.