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 ...

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 ...

A Tajik woman has accused Dushanbe police of insulting and threatening her after she was detained along with some two dozen others at a raid targeting women wearing Islamic headwear. Nilufar Rajabova ...

Tajikistan said Wednesday it would publish a new book updating the country's dress "guidelines" for women, tightening the secular state's policing of women's clothing. Authorities in the ...

A new law will change the hijab and other Islamic practices across Tajikistan with President Rahmon labeling the head covering as an “alien garment.” The regulation has not pleased many pro-Muslim ...