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Protecting “The People:” How Anti-LGBTQ+ Ideas Help the Georgian Dream Consolidate Power

Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has been a central element of the Georgian Dream’s anti-democratic turn towards the far right. How do anti-LGBTQ+ statements and policies help GD expand its grip on power, and why does this strategy work?

Tamta Gelashvili

Another Strongman? Masculine Governmentality, Neoliberalism, and Authoritarian Traditionalism in Aliyev’s Azerbaijan

In this article, the author examines the role of masculine governmentality in sustaining President Aliyev's authoritarian traditionalism through a poststructuralist feminist lens. They explore the structural dynamics of gendered power in autocratic leadership, analysing how masculinity intersects with governance to reinforce Aliyev's regime.

Sevinj Samadzade

Domestic Violence and Transphobia: Trans Men's Stories from Azerbaijan

Trans men in Azerbaijan face severe challenges when trying to express their gender identity. In an environment where society, especially their families, finds it difficult to accept them, leading their daily lives becomes a significant problem. They struggle to survive independently while confronting both legal and social obstacles.

Ali Malikov

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The Real Story of My Life: Sapo Mgeladze

Sapo Mgeladze’s “The Real Story of My Life” is a truly important text in many ways. It is elusive in genre, but it intersects between documentary prose and memoir, with elements of a diary, and is unequivocally the “key to the writer’s biography and creativity” (Kupreishvili, 2023). At the same time, the era, the fate of a person and an artist in a repressive state, the multiple layers of gender and power relations. The relationship between the narrative of the text and the historical context in which it was created are read with particular intensity here.

50 Women Fight for Change

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Girls of Zürich: on the track of 19th century Georgian students

Russian Nadezhda Suslova became the first female student at the University of Zürich in 1866. Her words: "I am the first, but not the last" had come true. Georgian women also studied in Zürich.

Tamta Melashvili

Articles from Feminist Library

They Shoot Women, Don't They?

We are presenting an article by Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović concerning the political and legal situation of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally published in Bosnian and English on the website of the Heinrich Boell Foundation Sarajevo office.

Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović

Feminism in Pictures

“Feminism in Pictures” is the result of a collaboration with seven incredible feminist illustrators from Brazil, Iran, India, Georgia, Pakistan,Türkiye, and Kenya for the Global Feminist Pitch 2023. These graphic novels are evidence of the continuing streams of feminist resistance and resilience in diverse global contexts.

Salomeya Bauer, Helô D’Angelo, Roshi Rouzbehani, Selen Sarikaya Eren, Kanza Naheed, Sonaksha, Chelwek

Salt in the Hair

What challenges do young migrant women face in care work, and how do the politics of care capture their most personal experiences? In this text, the author shares her story of working as an au pair, exploring the emotional complexities accompanying gendered and geopolitically predetermined care work.

Elene Duduchava