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Giving birth to someone else’s child: surrogacy in Armenia

For some in Armenia, surrogacy represents the last chance to have a family — but for surrogate mothers it can be a difficult experience.

Giving birth to someone else’s child: surrogacy in Armenia

By Armine Avetisyan

For some in Armenia, surrogacy represents the last chance to have a family — but for surrogate mothers it can be a difficult experience.

3/01/2020

Azerbaijan’s soaring food prices

As debate around the causes and possible solutions to the problem continue, it is the most vulnerable who are paying the biggest cost.

Azerbaijan’s soaring food prices

By Gulnur Kazimova

As debate around the causes and possible solutions to the problem continue, it is the most vulnerable who are paying the biggest cost.

27/12/2019

Being Baha’i in Armenia

Armenia’s small Baha’i community has lived in the country for over a century; now they are finding their place in the new post-revolutionary order.

Being Baha’i in Armenia

By Armine Avetisyan

Armenia’s small Baha’i community has lived in the country for over a century; now they are finding their place in the new post-revolutionary order.

24/12/2019

Is there a place for women in local government in Nagorno-Karabakh?

Not a single woman was elected to Stepanakert’s Council of Elders, and the numbers were just as low throughout Nagorno-Karabakh.

Is there a place for women in local government in Nagorno-Karabakh?

By Anahit Danielyan

Not a single woman was elected to Stepanakert’s Council of Elders, and the numbers were just as low throughout Nagorno-Karabakh.

17/12/2019

Azerbaijan’s opposition in hot water over German migrant trafficking scandal

German court documents appear to allege that the Musavat party charged migrants thousands of euros for evidence they were politically persecuted.

Azerbaijan’s opposition in hot water over German migrant trafficking scandal

By Sabina Abubakirova

German court documents appear to allege that the Musavat party charged migrants thousands of euros for evidence they were politically persecuted.

13/12/2019

Stuck between a rock and a hard place — the miners of Tkibuli

Facing discrimination abroad, and dangerous working conditions at home, Tkibuli’s miners risk their lives for their livelihood.

Stuck between a rock and a hard place — the miners of Tkibuli

By Lana Kokaia

Facing discrimination abroad, and dangerous working conditions at home, Tkibuli’s miners risk their lives for their livelihood.

22/11/2019

Inside Georgia’s textile industry: Part I — Unions

In part I of this multi-part series, we look at how employees are organising and how the unions work (or don’t) at two factories in Kutaisi.

Inside Georgia’s textile industry: Part I — Unions

By Tamuna Chkareuli

In part I of this multi-part series, we look at how employees are organising and how the unions work (or don’t) at two factories in Kutaisi.

The secret to getting state contracts in Dusheti Municipality — family relationships

Time and again Dusheti Municipal tenders are being won by relatives of city officials.

The secret to getting state contracts in Dusheti Municipality — family relationships

By Nino Melikishvili

Time and again Dusheti Municipal tenders are being won by relatives of city officials.

7/11/2019

‘Here you are nobody’: Georgians struggle to receive asylum in France

Some families were forced to live in tents outside Montpellier city hall.

‘Here you are nobody’: Georgians struggle to receive asylum in France

By Zurab Panjikidze

Some families were forced to live in tents outside Montpellier city hall.

30/10/2019

Russia’s war on Jehovah’s Witnesses reaches Daghestan

After Russia banned the organisation as an ‘extremist sect’ in 2017,  four Jehovah’s Witnesses are now on trial in Daghestan.

Russia’s war on Jehovah’s Witnesses reaches Daghestan

By Saida Vagabova

After Russia banned the organisation as an ‘extremist sect’ in 2017,  four Jehovah’s Witnesses are now on trial in Daghestan.