The Unheard Voices of Surrogate Mothers Published: 4 August 2022 The first time I met Ani, she was 24 years old and planning to become a surrogate mother for the second time. As a researcher interested in surrogacy issues, I wanted to understand the reasons behind her decision. Ani was wondering why I was curious about her story. When she asked me, I hesitated a little and then answered diligently, “Because hearing your voice is important.” By Elene Gavashelishvili
Understanding Intersectionality through LGBTQIA+/Queer Narratives in Azerbaijan Published: 18 July 2022 Ramil writes about the urgency of intersectionality by studying the narratives of Azerbaijani LGBTQI+/queer individuals who have been facing multi-layered discrimination in Azerbaijan. By Ramil Zamanov
Emerging Political Feminism in Azerbaijan: The Most Visible Other Published: 25 October 2021 In Azerbaijan, antagonism and phobia against feminism have been so extensive that adopting a feminist identity and establishing feminist initiatives and organizations were incredibly slow-moving. By Khayyam Namazov
The Lives of Nannies, or Working Without Rights Published: 17 November 2020 My mother used to help me raise my kid. Mother is a light manufacturing engineer. She hasn’t worked in her own profession since she took maternity leave. By Ina Charkviani
The Power of Knowing – How Knowledge Reproduces Inequality: A Glance from Armenia to Europe Published: 4 February 2020 Not only is knowledge gendered, but it is also classed. It will dawn on you. By Anna Muradyan
A Feminist Manifesto for Creative Women Published: 17 April 2019 Very often, national histories are constructed through mythology and Georgia is no exception in this regard. Rather opposite, often we are exaggerating the country’s glorious past. By Anna Dziapshipa
Woman’s Identity in the Georgian Visual Art: Pagava, Iankoshvili, Kvesitadze, Khizanishvili Published: 26 February 2019 Over the last thirty years woman’s identity in Georgia has undergone significant change and this transformative process has not yet been completed. Significantly this shift was predetermined by a corresponding radical revision in the global economic and social paradigms. By Nina Mdivani
A Story about Armenian Emancipation: The Long Way to the Dawning Published: 27 December 2018 I woke up knowing that this time around there would be no way to reach the centre by car. By Nvard Manasian
Feminist Library (2016-2018) Published: 18 July 2018 (closed project) The project supports translations of foundational feminist texts into Georgian and Armenian languages.
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Published: 4 May 2018 Georgian translation of famous essay by Susan Okin. Full text is available only in Georgian. By Susan Moller Okin
