Social Workers' s union - Social Work and Feminism (2022) The project "Social Work and Feminism" aims to promote women's equality through a feminist rethinking of social work.
Call for Contributions to the Project "Exploring Masculinities in the South Caucasus" We are glad to announce a call for contributions to a book project that seeks to reflect on masculinities in the South Caucasus through various angles, including personal, artistic, and scientific.
Call for Contributions to the Project "Exploring Masculinities in the South Caucasus" We are glad to announce a call for contributions to a book project that seeks to reflect on masculinities in the South Caucasus through various angles, including personal, artistic, and scientific.
Women and History The publication was prepared as a result of a joint project Women and History implemented by the Heinrich Boell Foundation offices in Kyiv and Tbilisi. Download
Women and the Language of War This analysis aims to reveal the socio-linguistic features that are conditioned by war. The text does not claim to be in-depth research, but rather aims to show what the connection is between war, language, gender identity, and what additional layers there are for studying this topic further. By Eviya Hovhannisyan
Several endless years in isolation Vusala Hajiyeva, a transgender woman from Baku, Azerbaijan, tells about the isolation, which did not start during the covid-19 pandemic. She shares her personal story describing the multifaceted difficulties that transgender people face in her country, both on an individual and systemic level. Vusala tells stories of failure, hatred, love, and hope.
"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.
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.
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.
