Women and Gender Relations in Tajikistan Book

	List of Abbreviations
	Executive Summary
Ch. 1	Tajikistan in Transition	1
1.1	The Inheritance	1
1.2	Trends Since 1991	3
1.3	The Human Costs of Transition in Tajikistan	4
Ch. 2	Transition, Gender Roles and the Private Sphere	7
2.1	Gender Roles in Tajik Society	7
2.2	Changes in Family Formation	10
2.3	Violence Against Women	16
Ch. 3	Gender Roles in the Public Sphere	25
3.1	Women as Agents of Change	25
3.2	Gender and the Labor Market	37
Ch. 4	Gender Implications of Changes in the Social Sectors	53
4.1	Education	53
4.2	Health and Health Care	66
4.3	Social Protection	76
Ch. 5	Gender and Poverty	83
5.1	Dimensions of Poverty in Tajikistan	83
5.2	Material Poverty	86
5.3	Material Poverty and Other Dimensions of Well-Being	89
5.4	Poverty and Household Coping Strategies	92
5.5	Towards Gender-Sensitive Poverty Reduction Strategies	95
Ch. 6	Gender Issues and the Bank's Country Strategy, Program and Projects	97
6.1	Gender and the ADB's Pipeline Projects in Tajikistan	98
6.2	Further Opportunities to Support Women	105
6.3	Data Gaps and Future Research	107
	Bibliography	109
App. 1	The National Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women for the Years 1998-2005	112
App. 2	Institutions Working on Gender Issues	115
	App. 3: List of Persons Consulted	117
App. 4	Directory of Women's Organisations in Tajikistan	119