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Published in: oDR‘Appeal to all women: Don’t put up with it!’Soon after the fall of communism, Ayshat (not her real name) was kidnapped by a stranger who wanted to marry her....
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Published in: oDRNatalya Estemirova – murdered, not forgottenThree years ago the indomitable Natalya Estemirova was murdered in Chechnya. Her killers remain at large, and...
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Published in: oDRUnprotectedChechnya’s women face fresh constraints, new rules and increased violence sanctioned from above. At home, they are...
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Published in: oDR‘The Chechen mentality’Domestic violence is all too common in Chechnya. It is very rare for women to stand up for their rights, by recourse...
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Published in: oDRChechnya’s fashion dictatorIn Chechnya, the warfare that rumbled on between 1994 and 2009 has been turned against the republic’s women. The...
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Published in: oDR‘Why did I tell you all this!’
Taisa wanted to be a singer, but ended up becoming a victim of one of Russia's most patriarchal and violent...
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Published in: oDRSex and Lies in Kabardino-BalkariaYoung women in Kabardino-Balkaria must resort to lies and stratagems to navigate a society governed by man-made...
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Published in: oDRHijab WarsIn Dagestan, where government forces are pitched against insurgents, and the official priesthood against the...
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Published in: oDRStories you weren’t meant to hear: women, tradition and power in Russia’s North CaucasusWhy are the freedoms of women in Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan so constrained? Is Islam to blame? Is it a...
