Feminist Discourses in Armenia: Five Activists’ Points of View on Contemporary Feminism in Erevan and Vanadzor

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https://doi.org/10.5077/journals/connexe.2022.e1028

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feminism, Armenia, activism, Vanadzor, Erevan

Abstract

This Open Fora constitutes a record and a transmission of the voices of five Armenian feminists, currently involved in several forms of activism. Interviews were led in January and and February 2022 in Erevan and Vanadzor. What is their definition of feminism? How do they carry out this struggle in Armenia? What are their sources of information and inspiration?

We consider patriarchy spares no society. It therefore seems important to us to understand this system through the testimonies of those who struggle against its local manifestations.

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30-12-2022

How to Cite

Exiga, Vincent, and Marina Fedorovsky. 2022. “Feminist Discourses in Armenia: Five Activists’ Points of View on Contemporary Feminism in Erevan and Vanadzor”. Connexe: Exploring Post-Communist Spaces 8 (1):187-96. https://doi.org/10.5077/journals/connexe.2022.e1028.

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Vol. 8 (2022): Political power, censorship and literary creation in Soviet Armenia

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Open Fora

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