Fight over matronymics sparks political battle in Kyrgyzstan
Source: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
It took nearly three years of legal battles for Kyrgyz feminist activist Altyn Kapalova to be allowed to give her own surname to her children. The 39-year-old mother-of-three’s successful campaign, seen as a win for women in the country, has also triggered a political power struggle between the president’s administration and the Constitutional Court.
On June 30, Kyrgyzstan’s Constitutional Court ruled that Kapalova’s children could use the matronymic, instead of the patronymic, the middle name that derives from the first name of the child’s father.
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