Armenia
Living in an ‘enemy land’: the Armenian women working abroad
Low pay and high unemployment have led many Armenian women to seek work beyond the country’s borders. Despite fears of trafficking, often abusive working conditions, and a closed border with Turkey, the allure of higher salaries have led thousands to leave Armenia, mainly to Russia and even Turkey — a country many consider an ‘enemy land’. From a hospital to a sock factory Sixty-year-old Anna Hovhannisyan (not her real name) has been working as a nurse for more than three decades in h
