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Employees of schools and state institutions were informed of such a government decision during meetings at their workplaces. Admittedly, no official reason was given for the introduction of these rules at meetings. The Radio Free Europe correspondent was informed by women who work in such institutions.
They said that while many disagree with such prohibitions, no one dares express their dissatisfaction.
The Turkmen government controls all the media and controls the country’s economy, in addition to establishing a set of social rules for the country’s population. The country’s government is considered one of the world’s most restrictive human rights and freedom of expression and does not tolerate any public criticism.
Attempts have already been made to introduce a similar ban on casual beauty products for women in the civil service in April 2018, but eventually the restrictions have been lifted.
The policy of “not dying gray hair” was related to changes in the image of President Gurbangulis Berdymukhamedov.
The owners of hairdressers and beauty salons were also informed about the new rules.
During meetings in the workplace, government officials explained that varnishing fingernails and toenails was prohibited. However, they did not explain whether women could get a manicure or pedicure without coloring their nails or using colorless varnish.
The local media did not write anything about these prohibitions.
Dress code
The new rules emerged just a few months after a region of the country banned men over 40 from dying gray hair.
Meanwhile, women working in government agencies have previously been assigned a dress code, which is a traditional embroidered long dress with heels.
A head accessory next to a dress, be it a scarf or a traditional hat, is a matter of choice.
Even the decoration of the dresses is not to be missed. Women were told to refrain from quirky embroidery patterns on the top of the dress. They were instructed to wear embroidered dresses in “narrow, simple, and modest patterns.”
The ban was first notified to residents of the Geok Deppe district. Similar instructions were issued in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat very soon.
The Ashgabat city government and the Turkmenistan Women’s Union State Central Council did not respond to journalists’ questions about the bans.
As mentioned, the strict rules did not overlook the Turkmen either. In February, the Lebapo authorities watched over all men over the age of 40 to dye their gray hair. However, the policy of “dyeing the gray” started a little earlier, a couple of years ago. It was related to changes in the image of the country’s president, Gurbangulis Berdymukhamedov.
Photo by Scanpix / ITAR-TASS / Gurbangulis Berdymuchamedov in 2017 and 2019.
Having previously dyed his hair black for presidents in the summer of 2018, he retired from advertising for a few weeks and changed his image again, with wisps of gray.
Men working in the Turkmen state sector are also not allowed to wear long hair or grow a beard.
These bans in Turkmenistan came at a time when the rest of the world is highly focused on fighting the coronavirus. Turkmenistan, along with residents of Tajikistan and North Korea, has yet to report any cases of COVID-19.
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