December 2014
TURKMENISTAN HEALTH INITIATIVE

 

Hope you are settling into winter strong and healthy! In October Saglyk celebrated its fourth anniversary. Take a look at Saglyk's new, informational brochure dedicated to men's reproductive health. On Saglyk.info, please comment on the role of galyng (the Turkmen groom's dowry for a bride) in family relationships. And read and share the newest blog posts with your family and friends.

SAGLYK'S INFORMATIONAL BROCHURES
Brochure on Men's Reproductive Health
condoms pamphlet
Brochure on Condoms


drug addiction
Brochure for Parents on Drug Addiction
Brochure on Clean Drinking Water
Brochure on TB Prevention



GALYNG! TO GIVE OR NOT TO GIVE?
Caricature by Merjen Gylyjewa
Every young Turkmen man has something to say about galyng or perhaps complain about the growing price of getting married and the ever expanding list of goods one has to provide as a dowry to the bride's family. It is a very complex system involving many family members in prolonged negotiations.

What is the role of galyng in family relationships? What are its psychological effects?  Does it make family ties stronger? Does it undermine the bride's authority in a new family? Or does this tradition humiliate a bride and increase her dependency on her husband?

Please take some time to reflect and comment on this important tradition and share with your friends. If you know of any sociological, psychological studies on this tradition, or similar traditions practiced in other cultures, please share them with the Saglyk community.
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Saglykda gorsheli, ("see you in health" in the Turkmen language)

 

 

The Saglyk Program Team

 
Turkmenistan Health Initiative, saglyk@saglyk.info