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INTERNATIONAL

Time for Central Asia to be in CEDAW

Madina Jarbussynova is a diplomat dedicated role in modern society and should enjoy equal
to the advancement of women and girls and the rights and opportunities.
eradication of discrimination against women.
This article casts light on her remarkable Later, as a lecturer, she began to deal with
career and achievements on the national multifaceted issues of educating young
and global stage. Through her tireless efforts, women, mainly from rural areas of the
Madina Jarbussynova has demonstrated the republic, who studied at the very unique
vital role diplomacy can play in promoting higher educational institution - the Kazakh
gender equality and empowering women and Women’s Pedagogical University. The main
girls worldwide. goal of the university was to train rural girls in
a highly professional approach, inform them
Madina Jarbussynova says with a smile that about their rights and opportunities, guarantee
she has been attaching special importance to them decent work and promote further active
the issues of the status of girls and women, participation in society so that they not only
the protection of their rights from an early enjoy their opportunities themselves, but also
age. Not so consciously at first, but out of can contribute to improving the situation of
a heightened sense of justice – when she other women and girls. Madina Jarbussynova
defended her peers from the attacks of boys championed girls’ access to quality education,
and helped her girlfriends to defend their believing that education is a fundamental
interests and demonstrate leadership qualities tool for their empowerment. And although
during school years. Later during her student she has not been working at this university
years, she participated in international student anymore, she cooperates closely with teachers
debates and had to contest gender issues a lot and students, supports the activities of the
with young participants in the debates, mostly University’s Gender Research Center, focusing
men, emphasizing that women play significant on the need to empower and provide equal

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