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 AvetisyanFor 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 KazimovaAs 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 AvetisyanArmenia’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 DanielyanNot 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 AbubakirovaGerman 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 KokaiaFacing 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 ChkareuliIn 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 MelikishviliTime 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 PanjikidzeSome 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 VagabovaAfter Russia banned the organisation as an ‘extremist sect’ in 2017, four Jehovah’s Witnesses are now on trial in Daghestan.