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[Voice from Daghestan] Everyone is beaten

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Daptar columnist Zaira Abdul­laye­va talks about the everyday reality of domestic violence in Daghestan

…He started to beat her on the very first day, even on the first night. He hit her in the face. For what or why — she didn’t ask. She never asked. Later, he stopped beating her face, only other parts of her body. ‘His friends in law enforce­ment taught him this’, Izha says. She talks about her late husband with an indif­fer­ent smile. Very often there were no bruises, but her eyes grew dark. [Read more…]

[Voice from Armenia] From surviving an axe attack to forging a new life

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Taguhi Mansuryan (Nazik Armenakyan/Daphne)

Daphne is a project from Armenia about women who have overcome hardships and chal­lenges. Women who despite the blows of fate, despite depri­va­tion and despair, were able to withstand their dif­fi­cul­ties and move forward. Below is Taguhi Mansuryan’s story. [Read more…]

[Voice of Armenia] From victim of violence to successful businesswoman

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Hasmik Khacha­tryan

Daphne is a project from Armenia about women who have overcome hardships and chal­lenges. Women who despite the blows of fate, despite depri­va­tion and despair, were able to withstand their dif­fi­cul­ties and move forward. Below is Hasmik Khachatryan’s story. [Read more…]

[Voice from Georgia] Tbilisi in denial — the seductive victims of sexual assault

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A large number of women’s issues have to do with stigmas and stereo­types that are based on non-existent bio­log­i­cal dif­fer­ences between men and women. According to a lot of people, mental capa­bil­i­ties, functions, beauty standards, pref­er­ences, and more, vary between sexes. This in turn causes problems for women, problems that are often ignored or not perceived as problems in the first place. What puzzles me is that people are sometimes even more oblivious to women’s issues that arise from an actual, existent dif­fer­ence between the two genders. [Read more…]

[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Gvantsa Apkhaidze, 25

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Gvantsa Apkhaidze (Salome Tsop­urashvili / Women of Georgia)

Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspi­ra­tions, and achieve­ments can be conveyed by others, often the men around them. The Women in Georgia project gives a voice to these women, allowing them to tell their own stories — in their own words. The project collected 150 distinct stories from women through­out the country. OC Media brings you a selection of these stories, trans­lat­ed into English and Russian. Below, in her own words, Gvantsa Apkhaidze. [Read more…]

[Voice from Armenia] From a survivor of sexual violence to human rights advocate

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'I realized that defending my rights was only in my own hands'./ Lucy Abdel Ahad (Daphne)

Daphne is a project from Armenia about women who have overcome hardships and chal­lenges. Women who despite the blows of fate, despite depri­va­tion and despair, were able to withstand their dif­fi­cul­ties and move forward. Below is Lucy Abdel Ahad’s story. [Read more…]

[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Madona (Margarita) Naroushvili, 60

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Madona Naroushvili (Nino Baidauri/ Women of Georgia)

Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspi­ra­tions, and achieve­ments can be conveyed by others, often the men around them. The Women in Georgia project gives a voice to these women, allowing them to tell their own stories — in their own words. The project collected 150 distinct stories from women through­out the country. OC Media brings you a selection of these stories, trans­lat­ed into English and Russian. Below, in her own words, Madona Naroushvili. [Read more…]

[Voice from Kvemo Kartli] Women of Georgia — Venera Martkoplishvili, 63, Gardabani

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‘Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspi­ra­tions, and achieve­ments can be conveyed by others, often the men around them. The Women in Georgia project gives a voice to these women, allowing them to tell their own stories — in their own words. The project collected 150 distinct stories from women through­out the country. OC Media brings you a selection of these stories, trans­lat­ed into English and Russian. Below, in her own words, Venera Martko­plishvili. [Read more…]

[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Salome Tsopurashvili, 32

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‘Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspi­ra­tions, and achieve­ments can be conveyed by others, often the men around them. The Women in Georgia project gives a voice to these women, allowing them to tell their own stories — in their own words. The project collected 150 distinct stories from women through­out the country. OC Media brings you a selection of these stories, trans­lat­ed into English and Russian. Below, in her own words, Salome Tsop­urashvili. [Read more…]

[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Salome Mikadze, 25

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Salome Mikadze (Nino Baidauri/Women of Georgia)

Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspi­ra­tions, and achieve­ments can be conveyed by others, often the men around them. The Women in Georgia project gives a voice to these women, allowing them to tell their own stories — in their own words. The project collected 150 distinct stories from women through­out the country. OC Media brings you a selection of these stories, trans­lat­ed into English and Russian. Below, in her own words, Salome Mikadze. [Read more…]

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