60% of civil servants in Kazakhstan are women: Kairat Lama Sharif

ALMATY. March 4. KAZINFORM At least 60% of civil servants in Kazakhstan are women. That was announced at the international forum Woman and religion in Almaty on Monday.

"Woman and religion forum assumes paramount symbolical and historical significance," noted Kairat Lama Sharif, the Chairman of the Agency for Religious Affairs.

The aim of the forum is to provide a dialogue platform for discussion of various aspects of relations between religion and women from the perspective of social and political sciences.

The event brought together parliamentarians, theologists, scientists, professors, eminent public figures, heads of charity organizations and public associations.