Gender and sex

Author of sex-ed video tutorials in Georgia threatened with rape

February 19, 2019

Many in Georgia believe that children do not need sex education

How a Tbilisi blogger sought out a groom

GenderLife

February 13, 2019

It all began from a personals announcement: “We offer aid in finding both a life partner and happiness”.

In 90 seconds:At least 36 women died in ‘honour killings’ in North Caucasus over five years

January 16, 2019

Many others may have gone unreported. In most cases perpetrators have never been punished

Child sex abuse in Turkey

December 27, 2018

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?

December 12, 2018

There are twice as many male university students as there are female

Hijab or work: Muslim Azerbaijani women forced to choose

December 03, 2018

Women with head coverings are rarely hired, especially in the service industry

Women-only factory tackles unemployment in vulnerable Armenian families

November 11, 2018

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

Traveling the Caucasus

October 26, 2018

Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia are united in the belief that selling sex-toys is unacceptable

What restaurants are off limits to women in Azerbaijan and why?

GenderLife

October 16, 2018

A JAMnews video on unspoken ‘gender’ rules and ‘decency’

Life after cancer - a story from Armenia

October 06, 2018

“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

Armenia

September 24, 2018

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

GenderLife

September 13, 2018

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

September 02, 2018

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

The most popular woman in Armenian online media: MP Naira Zohrabyan

August 08, 2018

The prime minister’s wife and the capital’s mayoral candidate made the top three

Ten years since the August War: stories of two young women from both sides of the conflict

August war 2008

August 08, 2018

How this decade has passed, and what has remained as the most memorable moments

Russian grandmothers attempt to return their grandchildren from ISIS' hands

July 12, 2018

Women from Dagestan are still trying to have their grandsons returned home from war-torn Syria and Iraq

Apricots as a source of employment for middle-aged women in Armenia

July 07, 2018

Sorting and grading of crops, a new profession for those who've ended up jobless but still have a long way to go until pension age

Svetlana, a trolleybus driver in Abkhazia

July 07, 2018

"When at work, I'm not a woman, I'm a driver"

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