Gender and sex

Armenia

Armenian police see rise in domestic violence reports: Data and analysis

Armenia

July 25, 2026

Police say such incidents often went unreported in the past, but many victims now turn to law enforcement for help.

Armenia

More Armenian women embrace entrepreneurship: Which industries are they entering?

Armenia

July 03, 2026

Experts attribute this to greater access to relevant knowledge, as well as a desire for financial independence and a stronger role in society.

Armenia

“Get tested for STIs,” Armenian ruling party MP tells opposition politician

Armenia

September 10, 2025

Artur Hovhannisyan suggested Taguhi Tovmasyan take a test for STIs after she called on him to undergo a drug test. Details of the MPs’ clash, and the reactions

Azerbaijan

Inside Azerbaijan’s unregulated fertility market

Azerbaijan

August 05, 2025

The risk of marriages between genetic relatives, the lack of a genetic data registry, and the exploitation of donors all pose serious threats to society.

Policing Pride: How LGBTQ+ people face detention and abuse in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

August 01, 2025

LGBTQ+ rights in Azerbaijan: While same-sex relationships are not criminalised, there are no laws that specifically protect their rights.

UN Women launches ‘Share the Care’ social campaign in Georgia

Georgia

April 07, 2025

According to recent studies, women in Georgia spend five times more time on housework than men.

Georgian clinic failed to pay surrogate mothers and housed them in rundown hostel – Radio Liberty

Georgia

April 04, 2025

The police launched an investigation only after public outcry.

Azerbaijan: crime without punishment. Whose hands hold fate of 13-year-old girl?

Azerbaijan

March 28, 2025

"The state must address the problem, not just punish the perpetrator. The victim's family should be deprived of parental rights, and the girl and her child should be placed under state care"

Sex-selective abortions decline in Armenia as birth rate drops

Armenia

March 28, 2025

A data-driven analysis — and a look at Armenia’s national strategy to improve its demographic outlook, which experts call “one of the best in the world.”

'Women must endure violence' — survey on gender attitudes in Georgia

Georgia

March 21, 2025

Respondents' answers have become more conservative compared to 2019.

"If you don't have wings, at least let me fly." The case of Kesaria Abramidze's murder

LGBT in Caucasus

September 20, 2024

A day after the passage of the homophobic law, a transgender woman was murdered in Tbilisi. What does the law state?

Georgia: A suspect has been arrested in the brutal murder of transgender woman Kesaria Abramidze

LGBT in Caucasus

September 19, 2024

Abramidze was killed in her home on September 18, with multiple stab wounds on her body

"Elections in Georgia should be a 'Nuremberg trial' for the National Movement" - Ruling party

Georgian Dream

August 20, 2024

Georgian Dream claims that achieving a constitutional majority will significantly strengthen "family values and the protection of minors."

Another case of femicide in Abkhazia, yet the domestic violence law is still not passed

Abkhazia

August 19, 2024

A recently released man killed his wife, prompting civil society representatives to call for the adoption of a domestic violence law.

Ombudsman's Office: ODIHR/OSCE has negatively assessed the abolition of gender quotas in Georgia

Georgia

July 01, 2024

Under the previous version of the Electoral Code, every fourth candidate on a party's electoral list was required to be a woman

Venice Commission concerned over Georgia's removal of gender quotas

Georgia

June 27, 2024

The Commission noted that this move could impact the stability of electoral legislation.

Azerbaijan to ban marriages between relatives

Azerbaijan

June 13, 2024

Marriages between cousins will be banned, Also, the marriage age will be set consistently at 18 years.

Empowering female migrants: Recommendations for Georgia

GenderLife

March 22, 2024

The new study points at the gaps in Georgian politics and government programs

There's a rising trend of arresting female journalists in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

March 20, 2024

The expert believes that the change in trend is a result of women in independent journalism becoming more visible

"You save time, energy, money" - digital services of the HERA XXI Association for women

Hera XXI

March 19, 2024

Why are digital health services effective, what types of services are available, and how does the system work?

Equality day: 52% of Armenian women unemployed, never intended to work

Armenia

March 09, 2024

Detailed analysis from the report "Women and men of Armenia-2023," by the Statistical committee

'They need me': story of father who was left alone to raise two toddlers after his wife's death

Armenia

December 11, 2023

After divorcing couples, children in Armenia are usually left in the care of their wives, and in case of the mother's death, grandmothers are the primary caregivers

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