Country Info
- Tashkent
- Capital
- Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
- Currency
- 25,155,064
- Population
- UZ
- Country Code
Uzbekistan Slideshow
Forums from Uzbekistan
The strange thing about name tags in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
Ha! Side question: Was it a mariachi band that was playing?
Birthdays, Holidays, Days off, oh my..
Posted by semi-backpacker
I look forward to planning my time off in advance, so I can only imagine how frustrating it would be to have to wait until the last minute to discover your free days...I need at least a few months.
Birthdays, Holidays, Days off, oh my..
Posted by starlagurl
That IS strange! What is the reason for that? Why do the judges have to change it every year?
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by ahamill
Hmmm... I totally get what you're saying... they are programmed and they are happy... for a time...but what I can't get out of my head is the Uzbek "revenge" that they feel they must take out on their husbands once they are older ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
Hmmm... I totally get what you're saying... they are programmed and they are happy... for a time...but what I can't get out of my head is the Uzbek "revenge" that they feel they must take out on their husbands once they are older... if ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by ahamill
Yep you're absolutely right. It is interesting. Did she ask them any more questions about how beating someone is "proof" of love? Or was the conversation ended at that? I'd like to talk with them more about that. How does a blow to ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
Yep you're absolutely right. It is interesting. Did she ask them any more questions about how beating someone is "proof" of love? Or was the conversation ended at that? I'd like to talk with them more about that. How does a blow to the ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by ahamill
It's all interesting isn't it? I'll complicate the whole string a little bit by throwing in the story of the women's clinic in Losotho where my friend Christa, while serving her 2 year Peace Corps stint, encountered a most disturbing sort ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
What ahamill said PROVES she is not happy! I have learned that this lifetime of serving their men (often men who sort of laze about, drink too much too often, sow wild oats with impunity, and so on) does NOT go unnoticed .... and, unfortunately, the ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by jacquesl
A lot of people might think..."HOW CAN SHE BE HAPPY".....but I would not be surprised at all to learn that she is very happy.....it's all a matter pf perspective. She is used to that life and that is what is learned as being the right way ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
Wow...I still don't think that's worth it... why go through a whole lifetime of servitude and then turn around and become a bitter mean old lady? Why not just be equal and nice to each other the whole time? Do you ever meet any women who travel? ...
Lenin's Birthday?
Posted by littlekate
O, yes, Lenin's Birthday. Today some youths (who were born in post-soviet times) think, that soviets, communism and all that was very good - the state was great and mighty, etc. They must be those entertaining themselves with red flags in the Red ...
Lenin's Birthday?
Posted by starlagurl
Wow! You should go check out what's happening with those guys in the square. I've never heard of it, but of course I'm on the other side of the world.
Lenin's Birthday?
Posted by ahamill
This morning a few people have come into the office saying (I will write phonetically): Dee-yen rahzhdeneeya Lehnin-ah (День рожденения ленин ...
Visa on the road
Posted by aopaq
I have heard it is possible to get an Uzbek visa outside your home country and as a Brit you should not require a LOI. However, I think an LOI might might required for a tourist and possibly transit visa for Turkmenistan. I am not sure if getting an ...
R.H.I.P.
Posted by ahamill
This will be a short topic entry and I will limit myself to the facts. Today is Navruz, the New Year - it's big! In fact, yesterday (Friday) there was also a big big celebration for Navruz in Ulugbek Park. But it was just for the government. No ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
I do not feel the same as you on this issue. A good "executive assistant" is IRREPLACEABLE, whether that person is a man or a woman!
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by findingnine
a little easier to replace a secretary than a CEO. I'm sure as people, they are just as important. As assets to the company, there could a be bit more of a divide.
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
Yep. Salaries are decided by people who are in power. A higher salary does not make you "more important". If you got rid of the secretary, nothing would get done. Maybe he/she gets paid less than the CEO, but if she wasn't there, it wouldn ...
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by findingnine
So I guess the pay scale difference is just arbitrary discrimination.
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
No...a secretarial job is JUST as important as a CEO's job. This is why I prefer the term "beside".
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by findingnine
Uhm, it sort of sounded like they did hold subordinate positions....clerical etc.
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
When I am on a team, I like to be acknowledged as an equal, of course. When I am in a subordinate position, I don't.
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by findingnine
Credited? Appreciated? I guess it depends if their view of the world in balanced or skewed with self importance.
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
Yeah, that is what I'm saying. If I said...Behind me in all my wondrous success and majesty, is a bunch of awesome people....how do you think those people would feel?
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by findingnine
Well really, isn't it condescending to say that Any person doesn't matter. What's your point exactly?
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by starlagurl
I see myself just fine. Whether the person saying that is a man or woman doesn't matter. It's condescending no matter who says it.
Men's Day & Women's Day in Uzbekistan
Posted by findingnine
Well... I think the phrase "behind every man..." etc etc. is inherently condescending. I would have embers burning in my eyes too. Maybe you don't mean anything by that, but everytime I hear it I feel inferior. Why can't women ...