The three-day webinar "Introduction to Communication for Development (C4D) and Communication for Social and Behavioral Change (SBC)" organized by Winrock International as part of the USAID Safe Migration in Central Asia project came to an end.

On March 3, 2023 in the office of NGO "Sana Sezim" in the city of Shymkent two trainings on "Women's Rights. Participation of Women in the Affairs of the State" for representatives of the Commission on Women's Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy under the Akim of Shymkent city, Departments of Education and Health, civil society and youth.
The purpose of the trainings was to raise awareness of women's rights, support and promote women's participation in public affairs.

From February 20 to 24, 2023, lawyers of NGO "Sana Sezim" and representatives of the Migration Department of the Police Department of Turkestan oblast conducted field meetings with the population of Maktaaral, Shardara, Saryagash, Keles and Sairam districts of Turkestan oblast to provide mobile legal aid to undocumented people.

Purpose:informing and identifying stateless persons, as well as undocumented persons among vulnerable segments of the population for further provision of free legal assistance in documenting.

In the city of Shymkent, diplomats of the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Almaty and lawyers of the NGO "Sana Sezim" held a mobile reception of citizens.

During the reception, people who have problems with documents had the opportunity to get answers to their questions from diplomats and lawyers. Also during the event, new aspects of cooperation between the Consulate General of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Almaty and NGO "Sana Sezim" were discussed.

On February 14, 2023, an interdepartmental operational meeting on the prevention of torture was held at the Prosecutor's Office of Shymkent, chaired by the prosecutor of Shymkent Mukanov G.K. The meeting was attended by senior officials of the Shymkent City Police Department and the Prosecutor's Office, the Commissioner for Human Rights of Shymkent City and representatives of civil society.

On February 13, 2023, another coordination meeting was held at the office of NGO "Sana Sezim" under the project "Improving Russian language skills among vulnerable groups of children to integrate and improve learning outcomes, especially children in migration processes and children who have returned from conflict zones".

During the event they discussed the issues of extending the program, sharing experiences with teachers and increasing the number of children participating in the program.

On February 8, 2023 an international forum "Partnership as a Tool to Prevent Domestic Violence" was held in the city of Astana, organized by Kazakhstan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Kazakhstan. The forum was attended by representatives of state agencies, academic groups, non-governmental organizations and international organizations working on the issue of domestic violence.
During the event, the situation with domestic violence in Kazakhstan, advanced approaches and foreign experience in combating domestic violence were discussed. On the example of Germany, the experience of working with the aggressor in combating domestic violence and work to prevent domestic violence was highlighted.

On February 8, 2023 in Astana the first meeting of the Public Council over the activities of internal affairs bodies with the Minister of Internal Affairs, Colonel-General of Police Marat Akhmetzhanov was held.
At the meeting the Minister told about the results of work of law-enforcement bodies for 2022. Such data about crime situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2022 were announced:
- about 151 thousand criminal offenses were registered;
- the number of murders (-15%), robberies (-21%), rapes (-28%), cattle thefts (-21%) decreased;
- 2,440 drug crimes were detected;
- 24 leaders, 17 influential persons and 114 members of an organized criminal group were brought to justice.

On February 1, 2023 with the support of the Law Enforcement Academy under the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, an international round table on "Using Digital Technology to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Central Asia" took place. The event was attended by law enforcement officials and NGOs working in the area of trafficking in persons from Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, the Russian Federation, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Moldova.
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Within the framework of the project "Support for Tajik Migrants in Kazakhstan" funded by USAID and implemented by Winrock International, employees of NGO "Sana Sezim" together with employees of the police station of DP Turkestan region, Saryagash district, Zhibek Zholy village conducted an outreach work at the checkpoint "Zhibek Zholy" on the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border.

In the course of the campaign booklets were distributed with information about the situation of Tajik migrants and organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan helping them.