Survey: Public Reaction to Turkmenistan’s Beauty Ban

After the only son of ex-leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, Serdar Berdimuhamedov became the new president of Turkmenistan. He recently imposed various restrictions on women’s clothing, traveling, etc. The new decree favors the enforcement of Turkmenistan’s traditional values to protect both men and women in their society.

In some of the laws the police have been enforcing, women cannot sit in the front seats of private and public vehicles. Drivers that have women in the front seat of their cars face significant fines for breaking the new laws. Moreover, drivers are to follow curfew, where they can not take female passengers after 8 pm.

As part of a broader set of restrictions on women, Turkmenistan has imposed a beauty ban on women. They are barred from wearing excessive makeup, tight-fitting garments, fake nails, and eyelashes. There as several other prohibitions on the use of cosmetic surgery. Additionally, employers have fired women found with implants and fillers in the workplace. Women breaking these rules will also have to pay a hefty fine.

The ban has been imposed without giving any reason to the public and without official legislation backing it up. This beauty ban has caused despair for Turkmen women. Despite food shortages, unemployment, and economic crisis, The Turkmenistan government wants to establish ‘Turkmencilik’,  traditional values. This ban is pushing Turkmen to consider protesting for their freedom and the lack of human rights. Thus, Real Research launched a survey seeking public opinions on Turkmenistan’s beauty ban. The survey also aims to find out respondents’ reactions to this ban.

Hence, hurry and answer the survey on public reaction to Turkmenistan’s ban on its women now on the Real Research app from June 02, 2022. After that, you will receive 12 TNC as a reward.