From 21 – 21 February 2017, the regional working meeting of public reception specialists took place in Almaty. Purpose of the meeting: strengthening the expert potential of representatives of public reception centers by teaching methods and forms of protecting the rights of children on issues relating to their life, developing skills and abilities of working with children and young people.

Within two days the participants examined and reviewed the following sessions:

From1 – 3 February 2017, the training “The Advocacy Process/Protection and Representation of Public Interests” for representatives of non-governmental organizations took place in Almaty (the NGO “Sana Sezim” was represented by the participation of Shakhnosa Khassanova, Lilia Khalyulina).

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The "Legal Center for Women's Initiatives “Sana Sezim” in conjunction with the Commission for Women and Family and Demographic Policy under the Akim of the South Kazakhstan Oblast, the Department for the Protection of Women from Violence of the Department of Internal Affairs of South Kazakhstan Republic from November 25, 2016 to December 10, 2016, conducts the International Campaign “16 Days without Violence".

On 25 November 2016, the round table “Identification and Provision of Legal Assistance to Stateless Persons in the SKO” for representatives of state and law enforcement bodies took place in Shymkent. The round table was held within the framework of the project “”Provision of Legal Assistance to Stateless Persons” with the financial support of UNHCR.

The International Organization of Migration (IOM) invites to participate in the questionnaire within the framework of USAID’s project “Dignity and Rights”. Based on the collected data, it is planned to strengthen the cooperation with activists in the field of combating human trafficking, transnational slave trade and human rights, journalists and with state and local agencies authorized to regulate and resolve issues and problems related to labor migration and trafficking crimes.

On 8 July 2016, the round table “Interim results on the Identification and Provision of Legal Assistance to Stateless Persons in SKO” was held in Shymkent. This round table was carried out within the framework of the project “Providing Legal Assistance to Stateless Persons”, financed by UNHCR.

From 21 – 24 June 2016, the Austrian Center for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution held a Women's Dialogue on the effective implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 at the regional level (Austria, Schleining). The women’s dialogue evolved from a bilateral dialogue to a regional one.

On 25 June, 2016, the republican conference “Kazakhstan, Friendly to the Child” was held.

Objective: unification of efforts of state, non-governmental and public organizations in solving urgent issues of ensuring the rights of children in accordance with international standards. From the NGO "Sana Sezim" participated in the mode of videoconferencing - Zhekenov Daulet, lawyer.

Objectives of the event:

From 24 – 25 June 2016, the training “Gender Statistics: Disaggregation, Collection, Dissemination and Use of data” took place in Almaty. This training was organized and carried out by “UN-Women” in the countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan).

From 16 – 17 June 2016, the training “Protection of Rights and Provision of Services: Victims of Trafficking in Persons” took place in Almaty and was organized by IOM of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Purpose of the training:increase knowledge and skills of social workers from the public and non-governmental sector that are necessary to protect rights and provide social services to victims of human trafficking. From the NGO “Sana Sezim” participated Shahlo Yuzupshanova.