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Voice | ‘Life is tough for a young widow’
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Voice | ‘Life is tough for a young widow’

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Mediko Machalikashvili, 46, from Duisi, Pankisi Valley, speaks of being married too young, losing a husband and the hardships of being a widow in a conservative society. 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. OC Media brings you a selection

Voice from Pankisi | From the ‘Pankisi Crisis’ and beyond
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Voice from Pankisi | From the ‘Pankisi Crisis’ and beyond

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Luiza Mutoshvili, 27, Pankisi Valley. ‘Five years ago, I started a job as a teacher at the public school in Duisi, Pankisi Valley, which completely changed my life. The goal of my teaching programme was to overcome the language barrier in regions with ethnic minorities. I’m ethnically Kist myself, and since Georgian is not my native language, I was well familiar with the language barrier problem.’ ‘I started teaching Georgian at the Duisi public school, in the Russian sector. I taught Ge

Voice from Adjara | ‘No one asked why I was crying’
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Voice from Adjara | ‘No one asked why I was crying’

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Women of Georgia — Tamta Abuselidze, 27 ‘I heard many times of women’s abductions when I was living in the village. And of course, I never thought that it was a good thing, but I also didn’t know it was illegal. They never taught us anything about it at school, there was no literature about it.’ 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 Geo

[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Likuna Chachibaia, 21
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[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Likuna Chachibaia, 21

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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, Likuna Chachi

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