The women of Central Asia

Women in Central Asia successfully juggle a range of responsibilities – planning the meals, shopping, cooking, taking care of the children, and tending the gardens and the animals – and play a key role in many community decisions and activities. The choices they make influence every aspect of daily life for themselves, their families and their communities. The ease with which the women in the region move between tending to their household responsibilities and their children and shopping for the items they need for the coming meals can disguise the effort that goes into planning the menus and organizing the work of preparing the meals, not to mention actually doing the work.