Ashgabat - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there problems with ethnic, race/racial minorities or religious prejudices? Gender equality?
Local women get the short end of the stick, but foreign women are mostly considered a different species and treated respectfully or with a sort of benign paternalism. Turkmenistan is majority Muslim, but other religious groups will have no issues as long as they avoid proselytizing. - Jan 2024
Lots of tensions between the Ethnic Turkmen and Ethnic Russians. - Dec 2020
These problems exist internally. Most westerners who visit are all lumped together as outsiders. Therefore, it seems the prejudice directed at us, and is more generic, based on being outsiders rather than gender or ethnicity. - Jun 2018
There is a general lack of knowledge about any race or religion outside of this country which leads to fear and lack of integration or acceptance. - Feb 2016
Turkmenistan is a traditional, homogenous society dominated by men. The country is near the bottom of all major indices pertaining to rights and freedoms. - Jul 2014
Yes! Unless you are Muslim. - Oct 2012
Probably, since human nature, unfortunately, is human nature, but as I stated earlier Ashgabat is pretty orderly. - Mar 2012
