A Story about Armenian Emancipation: The Long Way to the Dawning 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) (closed project) The project supports translations of foundational feminist texts into Georgian and Armenian languages.
Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women? Georgian translation of famous essay by Susan Okin. Full text is available only in Georgian. By Susan Moller Okin
The Importance of Collective Care as a Feminist (Prefigurative) Political Act What does feminist political labor look like in Armenia? For the Armenian translation of the article, please, click here. By Nelli Sargsyan
Decolonizing Armenia: Metropole and Periphery in the Era of Postsocialism In this article, I take up this relationship in a quite different context – not that of the postcolonial, but of the postsocialist, and particularly in the postsocialist Republic of Armenia. By Tamar Shirinian
Co-optation of feminism: Gender, Militarism and the UNSC Resolution 1325 I argue in this essay that the UNSCR 1325 was developed through gendered discourses that allowed the use of the Resolution for militarist purposes. By Anna Nikoghosyan
Experiences of protracted displacement in narratives of Internally Displaced women from Abkhazia Based on life history interviews with internally displaced women, my goal is to understand how displaced women remember, revisit and construct their past. By Nargiza Arjevanidze
Application of Special Temporary Measures (Quotas) in Armenia in Support of Women in Armenia: Prehistory and Assessment of Effectiveness As the results of the 2012 elections show, on average in party lists women stood at 23%, however, in the end when in the parliament their overall share amounted to only 10.7% (now down to 10%). This fact already shows the ineffectiveness of the applied gender quota. By Tamara Hovnatanyan
Unearthing the Gender discourse in Armenia: from Hysteria to Constructive Dialogue In spite of the efforts invested both by the state, civil society and international community, the reality shows that there is no common understanding of the “gender” and related terms and, what is more, there is overuse and at the same time misunderstanding of those, what leads to deflected discourse on gender equality and (re-)produces misinterpretations and further stereotypes. By Anna Harutyunyan
Tough Obedience: How is Militarized Masculinity Linked with Violence in the Army? It is not surprising that the concept of masculinity is so normalized within the army that it is not being questioned at all. In most societies, masculinity is generally not perceived as something, which needs to be scrutinized. By Milena Abrahamyan