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Judicial reforms have been high on the new democratic reforms’ agenda of Armenia since the 2018 Revolution as the low level of trust in the judiciary was one of the reasons behind the Velvet Revolution. 

The first time I met Ani, she was 24 years old and planning to become a surrogate mother for the second time.As a researcher interested in surrogacy issues, I wanted to understand the reasons behind her decision. Ani was wondering why I was curious about her story. When she asked me, I hesitated a little and then answered diligently, “Because hearing your voice is important.”

Ramil writes about the urgency of intersectionality by studying the narratives of Azerbaijani LGBTQI+/queer individuals who have been facing multi-layered discrimination in Azerbaijan. 

Kultur – Demokratie – Europa - Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus Watch on YouTube

This article discusses the recent key developments that have led to a deteriorating quality of democracy and institutions in the country.

Ali Malikov is an queer activist and journalist. They are also one of the founders of the feminist-queer platform "Qıy vaar!" and 'Femkulis'. Ali shares stories of queer teachers in urban and rural Azerbaijan and clearly shows the challenges they face on a daily basis, both in their professional and personal lives

Recent protests at Tbilisi State University demonstrated the precarious conditions of students, particularly those from the regions, on the capital’s housing market. Hence, the Georgian government should put students on the agenda of social housing policies and recognize students as vulnerable group eligible for state housing support. 

Georgia’s Youth and History: Experience, Attitudes and Values, was a study conducted in 2021 by WeResearch with the support of the Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office – South Caucasus region. It aimed to examine young people’s attitudes towards Georgian history and how the subject is taught. The research focused on what they know about history, how they understand it, their interests in the subject, the primary sources of information they use, and how they assess the experience of learning history.

The war, the repressed civil society, the retaliatory sanctions applied by the Western countries, the fear of general military mobilization were all factors that forced several hundred thousand Russians into migration. Why did some of the relocates choose Armenia as a destination and how can this migration affect the democratization processes in the country? Read in Russian

Georgia and the EU are standing at a historic crossroads. Which factors affect their abilities to bring the membership bid on track, and what should the EU’s response look like?