GBV Commitments of the Kyrgyz Republic at Nairobi Summit
Commitment description:The Kyrgyz Republic commits to invest resources towards reducing gender-based violence against girls and women and eradicating harmful practices such as early marriages and bride kidnapping. Every effort will be made to improve essential services for survivors of gender-based violence through coordination of key state and civil society institutions.
The Kyrgyz Republic will make every effort to comply with laws so that marriages are concluded only with the free and full consent of future spouses in compliance with a law on the minimum age of marriage.
We also commit to prioritize improving the legislation and the response of the state and society to violence against women and girls, continue to nationalize SDG 5 and optimize the collection of statistical data, use more gender-sensitive/disaggregated data in developing policies and implementing programs and projects.
It is necessary to strengthen measures to engage local communities, youths and men, religious leaders, activists in the elimination of gender stereotypes and negative practices, acting under the guise of national traditions.
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
