KAZAKHSTAN: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN

UNCLAS ASTANA 000229 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/CEN (M. O'MARA),S/WE (S. MEHRA AND G. LANE) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM KWMN PREL KZ SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN REF: 06 STATE 202341 ¶1. (SBU) In response to reftel request, post submits the following names of the five most influential women in Kazakhstan: NAME: Dariga Nazarbayeva TITLE: Member of the Mazhilis; Deputy Chairperson of the Otan Party; Leader of the Congress of Journalists. ORGANIZATION: Mazhilis (lower house of parliament); Nur-Otan Party; Congress of Journalists. CONTACT INFORMATION: Left Bank, Mazhilis, Parliament, Astana, Kazakhstan. Tel: 7-3172-74-60-51, fax 7-3172-24-12-83 NAME: Natalya Korzhova TITLE: Minister of Finance ORGANIZATION: Ministry of Finance CONTACT INFORMATION: 33 Pobedy Ave., Astana, Kazakhstan. Tel: 7-3172-71-72-99, fax: 7-3172-71-77-85 NAME: Gulzhana Karagusova TITLE: Minister of Labor and Social Protection ORGANIZATION: Ministry of Labor and Social Protection CONTACT INFORMATION: 2 Manas str., Astana, Kazakhstan Tel: 7-3172-75-36-02, fax 7-3172-75-36-54. NAME: Zauresh Battalova TITLE: Director ORGANIZATION: "Polyton" Discussion Club, Astana CONTACT INFORMATION: 20 Bogenbay Batyr, Office 1, Astana, Kazakhstan ¶010000. Tel/fax: 7-3172-316-044. NAME: Irina Savostina TITLE: President ORGANIZATION: "Pokoleniye" Pensioners' Movement CONTACT INFORMATION: 85 Karasai Batyr, office 208, Almaty, Kazakhstan Tel/fax: 7-3272-72-82-02 ¶2. (U) Post POC on women's issues is human rights officer Richard Damstra, DamstraRD@state.gov, tel: 7-3172-70-2397, fax: 7-3172-70-2277. MILAS