Not "Self-Employed," Informal Workers Informality is a form of solidarity economy and post-pandemic survival mode for the most economically active population of Azerbaijan. Women, consisting 62% of the informal workers, should be situated in the center of conversations on reproduction, labor rights, social protection and welfare support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Top Girls" (2021) The play has been included in the 15 best plays of all time. The performance combines drama, classical and electronic music, opera, and elements of movement; it leaves the traditional scene and enters the country's main football field.
Ziari Press – Translation of Ronald Suny’s book “The Making of the Georgian Nation” (2021-22)) During project implementation period, Ronald Suny’s book “The Making of the Georgian Nation” will be translated and published in Georgian language.
Women in the Informal Economy (2021) The goal of the project is to raise awareness about women's engagement in informal economies. The project will research the types of work such as babysitting, cleaning, tutoring and home nursing.
Economical and Practical Challenges of Care Work [March - December 2021] This project by “Communico Society”, plans to prepare interviews, discussions and multimedia materials about the diverse experiences, needs, and rights of women involved in care work.
Our Scholarship Programme Since 2020, the Heinrich Boell Foundation (hbs) Tbilisi Office cooperates with the PhD program in Social and Cultural Anthropology at Ilia State University.
Books Here you find books published by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Tbilisi Office - South Caucasus Region.
Emerging Political Feminism in Azerbaijan: The Most Visible Other This article points out how the various consolidated apparatuses render feminism and feminists the most visible other by utilizing different othering techniques such as criminalization and securitization. What is more, it depicts how feminism and women's issues started to get politicized, shifting from the "social/safe" to the "political/dangerous" space on a discursive level.
Zooming into Housing: Work, Care, and Safety "There is a house in Baku where cis and trans women live together and support each other. They also don't allow any transphobic people or anyone who could potentially be a threat to move in," said a friend to me in a conversation that one usually has when you haven't seen each other in months and want to share the world over a cup of tea.