in the past decade kazakhstan made important gains in gender equality with the enactment of the law on state guarantees of equal rights and equal opportunities for men and women and the law on the prevention of domestic violence there have been also important advances in women s participation in public life in kazakhstan with the current share of women in the house of representatives at other areas of achievement include womens integration in the labour market and entrepreneurial activity and significant drop of maternal death rates kazakhstan is close to gender parity in access to primary and secondary education with net enrolment of girls in primary education in and ranks among the top countries in this area