Social Development

Kazakhstan may be a modern country but there are still plenty of social issues. Due to traditional attitudes to women, like in almost all other old societies, they treat their women with less respect and don't give them very good jobs. Women do have equal rights under the law though they tend to only get low-level, low-paid jobs. Another issue is that violence against women and domestic abuse is still a problem however it's mostly unreported. There are about 30 women's rights organizations that work to obtain support for families and increase women's participation in public life.

Kazakhstan used to be a part of Russia which causes ethnic tensions between Kazakhs and Russians. Ethnic Kazakhs receive preferential treatment in housing, education and employment even though the Russian language is still predominate, however, the 1995 Constitution specifies that Kazakh is the official state language. The government is responsible for many violations of democratic freedoms and human rights as well. Prisoners are beaten and tortured, and killings are committed by security forces. An example of how corrupt the government is would be when an top political leader was jailed for a year for insulting the president and then barred from running for parliament because he had served time in prison.

The government and society of Kazakhstan still has a long ways to go and is quite corrupt but if the UN or a righteous political leader comes into power then I feel like they can enforce their laws better and that will help fix their society.