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Partnership in Steppe: How Kazakh Families Shared Work of Survival

By Aida Haidar  on 29 March 2026

ASTANA — The image of the obedient Kazakh woman is often repeated in discussions of tradition. Yet historians and anthropologists say the reality of life on the steppe was far more complex. In a society shaped by nomadic life, women were not passive members of the household but key...