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Armenia

Lectures by Russian–Armenian blogger in Yerevan cancelled after public backlash

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

On Sunday, the organisers of a business management event cancelled the planned lectures by Arsen Markaryan, a Russian blogger of Armenian descent, following an online campaign calling for his removal. In a post on Facebook explaining the decision, the Business Lecture group behind the event cited information about ‘upcoming provocations’ received from ‘competent sources’ as their reason for the cancellation. They claimed to have received ‘hundreds of threats, including calls for physica

Georgia

Calls for Georgian Dream MPs to resign after ‘sexist’ insults in parliament

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•4 min read

Georgia’s opposition is calling for the resignation of a ruling party MP, after two MPs made insulting statements towards female opposition MPs in parliament. During a plenary session on Tuesday, Georgian Dream MPs Aluda Ghudushauri and Irakli Beraia accused Ana Tsitlidze and Teona Akubardia of, respectively, being unattractive to former President Mikheil Saakashvili and having ‘a long tongue that has been everywhere’. Ghudushauri, who is the first deputy chair of the Human Rights and Civi

Alen Simonyan

Deputy chair of Armenian parliament headbutts far-right leader

by OC Media

•5 min read

The deputy chair of the Armenian Parliament, Alen Simonyan, has attacked a far-right government critic in the street allegedly after he swore at Simonyan. On Wednesday, Simonyan said he bumped into Artur Danielyan, who heads far-right political group Adekvat and is a vocal government critic in the street by chance. According to Simonyan, he greeted Danielyan to which Danielyan responded by swearing at him. In response, Simonyan said he headbutted Danielyan leading to a fight. The fight res

Armenia

Opinion | Misogyny and Armenophobic hate underpins the furore over Armine Harutyunyan

by Alla Parunova

•4 min read

The public outrage over Armine Harutyunyan walking down the runway at a Gucci fashion show reveals deep-seated sexism and anti-Armenian sentiment in Georgian society and shows the failures of Georgia’s media. While the Gucci fashion show on 22 September, in which models dressed in outfits ‘inspired’ by mental illness, could have inspired a discussion about the commodification of a serious social issue, instead it was the appearance of a particular model that caused a firestorm of outrage i

Georgia

Georgian opposition leader Khazaradze condemned for sexist khachapuri remark

by OC Media

•4 min read

The leader of Georgia’s newest opposition party, Mamuka Khazaradze, has come under pressure after making sexist remarks about Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili. While introducing his political team to journalists on Thursday, Khazaradze criticised Tskitishvili’s performance as a minister. ‘Maia Tskitishvili has no idea what infrastructure is. Maybe she bakes khachapuri [a traditional Georgian cheese-bread] well but I don’t know what experience she had in her previous life while sh

Georgia

Women’s rights advocates demand Georgian official resign over rape joke

by OC Media

•4 min read

Georgia’s ruling party has become embroiled in another scandal after an official made a misogynistic statement. Levan Oniani is accused by women’s rights advocates of making sexist comments against TV presenter Inga Grigolia. It is only the latest such comment by a member of the ruling Georgian Dream Party to cause a scandal in the country. The Georgia Women’s Movement, a women’s rights group, has demanded Oniani, Chair of the City Council (sakrebulo) of the southeast Georgian city of R

age discrimination

Age discrimination in Armenia: why women turn to plastic surgery to find work

by Armine Avetisyan

•6 min read

With high levels unemployment, Armenians are especially vulnerable to exploitation from unscrupulous employers. Given a lack of legal protections, employers are free to discriminate against female applicants based on their age or how they look. For some women, the only answer they see is to undergo cosmetic procedures, to make them look younger in the hope of finding a job. The streets of Yerevan are lined with beauty salons, where for a small amount of money, certain external cosmetic p