# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gulnaz-zhuzbaeva
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:30:48.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gulnaz-zhuzbaeva"
name: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva"
slug: "gulnaz-zhuzbaeva"
description: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva is a disability rights activist from Kyrgyzstan. She was presented with one the BBC's 100 Women awards in 2020. Formerly head of the Kyrgyz Federation of the Blind, Zhuzbaeva worked as a Braille translator in 2021. She also provides training for people who are visually impaired, as well as their employers. She is also a co-director of the non-governmental organisation Empower Blind People. She has previously studied at the Louisiana Center for the Blind. Public speaking engagements have included: a TEDx talk in Bishkek in 2021; for the United Nations on International Women's Day in 2019, amongst others."
tagline: "Kyrgyz activist"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1983-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           34.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.668106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/GumaIron"
    handle:    "GumaIron"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gulnazzhuzbaeva/"
    handle:    "gulnazzhuzbaeva"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gulnaz.zhuzbaeva"
    handle:    "gulnaz.zhuzbaeva"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gulnaz-zhuzbaeva-2b377864/"
    handle:    "gulnaz-zhuzbaeva-2b377864"
sources:
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    title: "گلناز ززبیوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnaz_Zhuzbaeva"
    title: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnaz_Zhuzbaeva"
    title: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnaz_Zhuzbaeva"
    title: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnaz_Zhuzbaeva"
    title: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D2%AF%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7_%D0%96%D2%AF%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0"
    title: "Гүлназ Жүзбаева"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnaz_Zhuzbaeva"
    title: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7"
    title: "Жузбаева, Гульназ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulnaz_Zhuzbaeva"
    title: "Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102292620"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump