This presentation has been prepared on 8 March 2012 for the photographic section of the exhibition "Un cammino di colori lungo la Via della Seta" (The Silkroad - a colourful thread), taking part to the XXVII Week of Scientific and Technologic Culture organized by MUSIS (Rome's network of scientific university museums) with an exhibition focused on women and Central Asia and hosted by the cultural association "Lignarius" in Rome from 10 to 22 March 2012.