In her speech, Zulfiya Kochorbaeva, Director of PA “Social TechnologiesAgency”, tells about the types of social difference, about the transformation of psychological research since 1910. The expert also gives examples of gender role construction, about participation of mass media in projecting gender images, gender differences in society.

Public Association “Social Technologies Agency” is one of the leading women's non-governmental organizations, actively and effectively working to promote gender equality policy and strengthen the women's movement.

AST was the driving force and think tank behind campaigns to lobby for gender quotas in electoral legislation, preservation of the principle of secularism of the state in the Constitution, preservation of criminal punishment for polygamy, improvement of gender legislation and allocation of an authorized body in the government in the field of gender policy.