QyzylsayWomen in Kazakhstan’s south spend hours a day securing water.
Their labour goes unpaid and unnoticed, and remoteness limits their access to government services.
Activist Nazgul Aidabossynova’s 2026 project trains them to use eGov services, cost their labour and products, and press authorities together.
A planned cooperative would pool their advocacy and seek funding for shared irrigation, but none exists yet.
How each outlet framed it
- Global Voices
- centres Qyzylsay women's unpaid hours hauling water, framed through the Digital Spark grantee project and its community organising
Sources: Global Voices