Women represent the majority of the electorate of Kyrgyzstan; however their political representation remains low at both the executive and legislative levels. This paper examines advancement of women in public service in Kyrgyzstan. The first part of the paper analyzes factors that impact gender representation in Kyrgyzstan. The second part examines legislative changes that took place after the implementation of gender quota at the legislative body in 2007. In particular, we study the responsiveness of women parliamentarians to the priorities related to women issues. For this we employ Swers’ (2002) approach and study the nature of bills co-sponsored by the Kyrgyzstani women. The analysis of bills cosponsored by Kyrgyzstani parliamentarians from 2005 to 2010 illustrates that the women parliamentarians tend to sponsor bills related to women’s issues. We also find that in comparison with the U.S. legislative practices, men parliamentarians in Kyrgyzstan sponsor these groups of bills in a lesser number. Therefore, we argue that for countries with a weak party ideology it becomes even more imperative to have strong women representation in their legislative institutions.