Kyrgyzstan
Tackling child and gender-based violence through the performing arts …
In Kyrgyzstan we are
- using performance theatre to explore children’s and women’s rights including issues of inequality and domestic abuse, and
- supporting youth advocacy using arts-based tools to make recommendations and inform policy makers at regional and national levels
Our two projects are “The Magic of Theatre”, led by Nurlan Asanbekova (PI) Art Director of the Kyrgyz State Puppet Theatre and Jash Kubat, and “Dialogue through” Art led by Tajyka Shabdanova (PI) from the Foundation for Tolerance International (FTI). The Magic of Theatre is working through informal (out of school) spaces including an orphanage, and FTI through MAP youth clubs in secondary schools, feeding into formalised workshops at regional and national levels.
See MAP’s previous work in Kyrgyzstan
Current projects
- Kyrgyzstan
The Magic of Theatre
Using stagecraft to explore everyday social problems: the infringement of children’s and women’s rights, domestic abuse, gender and national inequality. ...
- Kyrgyzstan
Dialogue through Art
Advocacy for priority youth issues, raising topics using arts-based tools and making recommendations at regional and national levels....
Latest updates
- Blog post
Body Mapping for Peacebuilding
29 July 2024
Anna Smirnova
The AHRC MAP PhD researcher, Anna Smirnova, utilised body mapping methodology to facilitate the storytelling of young people in Kyrgyzstan, enabling them to analyse their experiences and integrate youth perspectives into conflict analysis and peacebuilding....
- Podcast
Podcasts: MAP podcast – episode 7
In this episode, you will hear these members Youth Advisory Board from Kyrgyzstan interviewing each other about their work with the board and their experiences participating on MAP activities....
- Podcast
Podcasts: MAP podcast – episode 3
Episode 3 continues the conversation about the MAP project in Kyrgyzstan and its focus on activities that promote youth-led peacebuilding advocacy and initiatives through arts-based approaches. ...
