
Review | April — Slow Georgian cinema at its most visionary
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore feature is a hypnotic but unflinching portrait of power, violence, pain and gender in rural Georgia.
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore feature is a hypnotic but unflinching portrait of power, violence, pain and gender in rural Georgia.
Ulviyya Guliyeva (Ali) was detained on 6 May after covering the trial of imprisoned politician Tofig Yagublu.
Tamar Gakharia’s memoir is a simple account of a woman overcoming domestic violence to build a better life for herself, her children, and her country.
However, despite a majority across genders, significantly fewer men agreed than women.
A 2023 study found that one in four women in Georgia had experienced intimate partner violence at some point in their lives.
Besides the widely documented police beatings and detentions during the ongoing protests in Georgia, police have also specifically targeted women protesters with sexual harassment and violence.
Multiple marriages have existed in the North Caucasus for centuries, raising the question, why was a fatwa needed in the first place?