Women's Rights and Security in Central Asia.

HUMAN rights; WOMEN'S rights; FOREIGN relations of the United States; INTERNATIONAL relations

Comments on the rights and security of women in Central Asia. Need of the U.S. government to recognize that promoting women's rights can further U.S. security interests and lay the groundwork for resistance to terrorism; Criticism of the U.S. on the human rights record of Uzbekistan; Assistance of the U.S. to Central Asian countries through the United States Agency for International Development; Role of women in the drug trade.