[3] As of 2004 Uzbekistan’s election law requires political parties to nominate at least 30 percent female candidates for the parliament.

[4]Uzbekistan has universal suffrage;[5] however, "according to data from surveys conducted by the Public Opinion Centre, 64% of urban and 50% of rural women consider that men have greater opportunities for implementing their rights in the political sphere".

[8][9][10] A BBC World Service "Assignment" report on 12 April 2012 uncovered evidence that women are being sterilised, often without their knowledge, in an effort by the government to control the population.

[15] "Unskilled personnel in the non-production sector are comprised virtually entirely of women.”[5][4] Women also cannot be used for night time or overtime work.

[18] Some scholars report that less desirable males with inferior educations or drug or alcohol problems are more likely to kidnap their brides.