Many others may have gone unreported. In most cases perpetrators have never been punished
Child sex abuse in Turkey
Approximately 50 children are sexually abused or given away to child marriage per day in Turkey
Azerbaijani social media topic of the week: does a woman need an education?
There are twice as many male university students as there are female
Asexuality: an orientation the South Caucasus has a particularly hard time with
How do you explain to a person that you love them, but don’t ‘want’ them?
Hijab or work: Muslim Azerbaijani women forced to choose
Women with head coverings are rarely hired, especially in the service industry
Three Georgian women changing the world around them
Much is changing in Georgia, but women are still far from equality and freedom
Women-only factory tackles unemployment in vulnerable Armenian families
Only women from impoverished families are employed at the factory – and the special ware they produce attracts a number of tourists
Sex-shops in the South Caucasus: there is sex, but no shops
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia are united in the belief that selling sex-toys is unacceptable
The Karabakh conflict through the stories of three women
Old and young, they all hope for peace
What restaurants are off limits to women in Azerbaijan and why?
A JAMnews video on unspoken ‘gender’ rules and ‘decency’
Life after cancer – a story from Armenia
“I do not regret a single second. Each of them made the next second more valuable and meaningful. It was worth going through all this to be here now,” says Ani
Armenia’s potato queendom: a female-dominated industry
Women are so involved in Armenia’s potato industry that most potato types are named after women. Photos and video
Without the right to choose: when men in Azerbaijan are forced to marry
One sign of a patriarchal society is men being forced to marry women chosen for them by their families
Photostory: Inmate mothers in Ukraine raising their kids in prison
A woman in prison is considered a much greater disgrace for the family than a man in Ukraine, and they are often jailed along with their children