"Gender Policy and the Rights of Women Journalists"

One of the main principles in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure gender equality in the world and create opportunities for all women to realize their professional potential. It is the freedom and rights of women journalists, which are an indicator of effective work in this direction, that became one of the main topics raised at today's online seminar.

The event "Gender Policy and the Rights of Women Journalists" was visited by   the Executive Director of the International Foundation for the Protection of Freedom of Speech "Adil soz",  Madina Alimkhanova and the journalist of the newspaper "Egemen Kazakhstan" Ainash Yesali, who spoke about the current state of gender policy in the country, coverage of gender issues in the Kazakh press and respect for the rights of women journalists. The Chairperson of the Public Association "Union of Women of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University", Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Doctor of Sciences, Professor Bayan Zholdasbekova reported on the measures taken to strengthen the role of women in the public, economic, social and cultural life of the university. Thus, the participants of the seminar were convinced that gender equality is not only one of the fundamental human rights, but also a necessary basis for achieving peace, prosperity and sustainable development. Press service of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University