Nodira Saidkarimova

Advocating for migrants’ rights and forging global partnerships: A conversation with Winrock’s Nodira Saidkarimova  

December 16, 2024

Nodira Saidkarimova, chief of party of the Safe Migration in Central Asia project, spent six weeks in Washington, D.C., as a part of the Rumsfeld Foundation and Central Asia-Caucasus Institute CAMCA Fellowship program. We asked her about her experiences raising awareness of USAID-funded counter-trafficking and safe migration work in Central Asia, expanding SMICA’s network of […]

Turkmenistan bans child labor on cotton farms with support from USAID and partners  

October 2, 2024

In July 2024, Turkmenistan’s minister of Labor and Social Protection adopted an order prohibiting children younger than 18 from working in cotton harvesting, officially adding “cotton picker” and “cotton grower” to the list of banned forms of child labor in the Central Asian country. The decree, which is now registered with the Ministry of Justice, is in […]