Chechnya
Suspects in Aishat Baimuradova murder placed on wanted list in Russia
Search notices appeared on the Interior Ministry website six months after Armenia’s request.
Women’s Rights
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Reviews
Review | Jocasta: Raw Material — a feminist comparison of two civil wars
Mariam Megvinyte’s latest play contrasts Thebes’ fall in the Oedipus cycle with the Georgian Civil War, all via a feminist perspective.
Azerbaijan
Is Azerbaijan banning the hijab in public schools?
Reports of girls being expelled or banned from school for wearing hijab have led to speculation on the further repression of religious expression.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
‘He learned to live on his own’: the hidden toll on Georgia’s women protesters
In a country where rigid gender roles remain, many Georgian women must juggle childcare, housework, and fighting for their children’s future.
Reviews
Review | A Room of My Own — queerness and constraint in Georgia
A Room of My Own is an intimate but unfinished portrait of female friendship, desire, and self-discovery in contemporary Tbilisi.
Chechnya
Aishat Baimuradova buried in Yerevan months after murder
Her family has refused to retrieve her body for burial in Chechnya.
Reviews
Review | Persephone (Where the Light Forgets Me) — the echoing architecture of girlhood
This debut work is an exploration of girlhood, leaning into an internal, almost private narrative that speaks to a collective female experience.
