Inside the wardrobe: Women’s clothing increasingly policed in Tajikistan

Authorities want to regulate even the fabrics, length, and fit of approved national clothing

Originally published on Global Voices

Women prison inmates in Tajikistan. Photo by Steve Evans on Flickr. Copyright free.

This article was written by Alva Omarova for Vlast.kz and published on September 11, 2024. An edited version is published on Global Voices under a media partnership agreement. 

Many women in Tajikistan are subject to all-encompassing control over nearly every aspect of their daily lives...