Social security and gender equality in Kazakhstan: Legislative gaps and opportunities

Journal title RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'
Author/s Yermek A. Buribayev, Zhanna A. Khamzina, Zhambyl K. Oryntaev, Amangeldy Sh. Khamzin
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2020/2
Language English Pages 22 P. 103-124 File size 140 KB
DOI 10.3280/RISS2020-002007
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This article examines some of the implications of gender equality and gender policy at the national level from the perspective of social security guarantees. The changes that have taken place in family relations, economy, and politics challenge the gender regime in Kazakhstan. The article argues that social, political, and economic changes were not accompanied by the development of new gender models at the national level. New gender problems arise, including the trajectory of the distribution of the status of women in the family from the perspective of Islam. The article discusses the existing public and political demand for women’s empowerment, which determines the relevance of improving the quality of a number of laws in relation to gender equality in accessing social security measures and facilitating unpaid care work. The first step was to study the construction and guarantees of the implementation of the principle of gender equality in the Constitution of Kazakhstan. At the second stage, international standards for the equality of men and women were summarized from the point of view of implementation in national legislation. At the last stage, recommendations and suggestions aimed at eliminating the discriminatory standards of social protection from the legislation are summarized and formulated.

Keywords: Gender, equality, social protection, social rights, Kazakhstan.

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Yermek A. Buribayev, Zhanna A. Khamzina, Zhambyl K. Oryntaev, Amangeldy Sh. Khamzin, Social security and gender equality in Kazakhstan: Legislative gaps and opportunities in "RIVISTA DI STUDI SULLA SOSTENIBILITA'" 2/2020, pp 103-124, DOI: 10.3280/RISS2020-002007