Abstract
<jats:p>Legal protection of women against violence and gender-based discrimination is among the most pressing obligations that confront the contemporary state. In the Republic of Uzbekistan, this obligation has taken on the character of a constitutional priority: two landmark laws enacted in 2019, followed by the criminalization of domestic violence in April 2023, fundamentally reshaped the country's normative framework. Enforcement practice, however, continues to reveal a considerable gap between statutory text and the actual protection available to survivors. This article examines, in sequence, the international legal instruments for combating violence — principally CEDAW and the monitoring mechanism of its Committee — the trajectory of Uzbekistan's national legislative reforms from 2019 to 2025, the comparative experiences of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, state policy on the economic and social integration of survivors, and the barriers to reintegration together with pathways for overcoming them. Particular attention is given to the Ishga Marhmat monocentre network and the Women's Notebooks programme as the primary state mechanisms for restoring the economic independence and social dignity of women who have experienced violence. The study concludes that Uzbekistan's 2019–2023 legislative progress is structural in character; sustained reduction of gender-based violence, however, is achievable only through consistent enforcement, accessible psychological support, broad legal literacy, and the systematic transformation of cultural norms. </jats:p>