Women make socks for their own use and to sell to visitors. Photograph by Karolina Wiercigroch A group of hikers admire the views of the Greater Caucasus Mountains from Khinalig, near village ...

“In order to place restrictions on entry and exits to the village, there must be a Presidential Decree on the state of emergency approved by the National parliament.” Most of the protestors were local ...

spraying elderly women, all village residents, with pepper spray. Now, a year after the protest, it seems the company, the ministry and the government of Azerbaijan are back to business as usual, with ...

Until recently, women in Azerbaijan were not permitted to work in as many as 674 jobs, across many sectors of the economy – from transport to energy to agriculture. For example, women could not lay ...