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Based in Yerevan, Armenia, Lucy is openDemocracy’s Eurasia investigative reporting fellow. They recently graduated from Sciences Po in Paris, France with a joint master’s degree in journalism and
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Armenia and Azerbaijan: is ‘feminist peace’ possible?

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Peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been monopolised by men for more than 30 years. And they’ve repeatedly failed. Now, with the longtime adversaries expected to sign a peace deal by the end of the year, some feminists in the South Caucasus are taking peacebuilding efforts into their own hands.  Feminist peace not only calls for the end of wars and violence, but for the abolition of patriarchy, militarisation, nationalism, imperialism and male dominance. For some feminists,

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