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Lucy Martirosyan
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Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Lucy is a freelance journalist currently based in Yerevan, Armenia. She previously reported on women's rights across Eurasia for openDemocracy. In 2022, Lucy graduated from Sciences Po in Paris, France with a joint master’s degree in journalism and international human rights and humanitarian action.
Police Stop Women's Action against domestic violence in Baku on 8 March 2019 |
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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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