Women in Kazakhstan
Kazakh women wearing ceremonial dress | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 51 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 18.2% (2012) |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 99.3% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 66.6% (2011) |
| Gender Inequality Index | |
| Value | 0.161 (2021) |
| Rank | 41st out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index | |
| Value | 0.719 (2022) |
| Rank | 65th out of 146 |
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Women in Kazakhstan are women who live in or are from Kazakhstan. Their position in society has been and is influenced by a variety of factors, including local traditions and customs, decades of Soviet regime, rapid social and economic changes and instability after independence, and new emerging Western values.