This publication was prepared as part of the “Strengthening Cross–border Cooperation” component of the Border Management Programme in Central Asia - Phase 10 (BOMCA 10), funded by the European Union.

The BOMCA 10 Programme expresses its deep gratitude to Gulnara Derbisheva, Director of the Public Foundation ‘Insan-Leilek’ and her colleagues who implemented the project “Women of the Border Communities of Batken region for Economic Inclusion and Well-Being”, and Nazgul Aldasheva, Executive Director of the Public Association ‘Dialogue, Trust, Right’ and her colleagues for the implementation of the project “Empowering Migrant Families in the Border Communities of the Batken Region” and for their assistance in collecting information for this publication, Ekaterina Belukova, leader of the “Improvement of Cross-border Cooperation” Component of the BOMCA 10 Programme, and Iuliia Subbotska, Associate Project Officer for editing and their valuable recommendations during the development of the document.

for their support and funding for the implementation of this initiative.