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"Women and Patriarchy" - Bright Garden Voices Meeting 4
Our fourth meeting is titled "Women & Patriarchy", with Zümrüd Jalilova and Anna Shahnazaryan as our guests. The issue of gender is at the cornerstone of both the traditional Armenian and Azerbaijani societies. In order for Azerbaijanis and Armenians to understand each other’s society it is vital that they be able to reflect on the structure of their own society and relate it to that of the other. Nowadays, both countries are experiencing a women’s rights activism spring. Zümrüd Jalilova is a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor and a Project Manager. She is the co-founder of Gender Talks, which is a social learning platform on Facebook.
Zümrüd holds a Master of Science degree in Gender and International Relations from the University of Bristol. She took part in an internship with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) in Geneva, and she is the winner of the UK Social Impact Alumni Award for 2019. She is an incoming Schwarzman Scholar and is the founder of the start-up Unpuzzle, a jigsaw puzzle on gender equality.
Anna Shahnazaryan, born and raised in Sevan, currently based in Yerevan has been engaged in environmental and feminist activism in Armenia for over a decade. Her key political concerns are all forms of exploitation which neatly coalesce in the current heteronormative capitalist patriarchal world order. Having struggled on the field against resource extraction and environmental degradation, Anna has come to realize how closely interrelated the exploitation of the Earth and female bodies are, while the latest brutal war in Karabakh has shown that male bodies are disposable too. Anna is an optimist and does her best to sustain her efforts in subverting the vicious cycle of exploitative systems. Her activism includes direct actions and discourse change.
Anna Shahnazaryan's article mentioned in the meeting, in Russian (https://epress.am/ru/2021/03/01/%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%82%d1%83-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%83-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%b9-%d0%b8-%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%b8.html) and in Armenian (https://epress.am/2021/02/25/radical_choice_statement_1226.html).
Zümrüd's Gender Talks group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gendertalks/
Bright Garden Voices (Պայծառ Պարտեզի Ձայներ - ParlaqBağ Səsləri - Голоса из Светлого Сада) is a platform for constructive dialogue between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We host meetings where guests share their experiences and ideas concerning all matters relating to Azerbaijani and Armenian conflicts and issues. Each meeting hosts an audience which is able to propose questions or comments. We are neither affiliated with nor funded by any organization for this undertaking.
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By Bright Garden VoicesOur fourth meeting is titled "Women & Patriarchy", with Zümrüd Jalilova and Anna Shahnazaryan as our guests. The issue of gender is at the cornerstone of both the traditional Armenian and Azerbaijani societies. In order for Azerbaijanis and Armenians to understand each other’s society it is vital that they be able to reflect on the structure of their own society and relate it to that of the other. Nowadays, both countries are experiencing a women’s rights activism spring. Zümrüd Jalilova is a Diversity and Inclusion Advisor and a Project Manager. She is the co-founder of Gender Talks, which is a social learning platform on Facebook.
Zümrüd holds a Master of Science degree in Gender and International Relations from the University of Bristol. She took part in an internship with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) in Geneva, and she is the winner of the UK Social Impact Alumni Award for 2019. She is an incoming Schwarzman Scholar and is the founder of the start-up Unpuzzle, a jigsaw puzzle on gender equality.
Anna Shahnazaryan, born and raised in Sevan, currently based in Yerevan has been engaged in environmental and feminist activism in Armenia for over a decade. Her key political concerns are all forms of exploitation which neatly coalesce in the current heteronormative capitalist patriarchal world order. Having struggled on the field against resource extraction and environmental degradation, Anna has come to realize how closely interrelated the exploitation of the Earth and female bodies are, while the latest brutal war in Karabakh has shown that male bodies are disposable too. Anna is an optimist and does her best to sustain her efforts in subverting the vicious cycle of exploitative systems. Her activism includes direct actions and discourse change.
Anna Shahnazaryan's article mentioned in the meeting, in Russian (https://epress.am/ru/2021/03/01/%d0%bf%d0%be-%d1%82%d1%83-%d1%81%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bd%d1%83-%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b9%d0%bd%d1%8b-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%b9-%d0%b8-%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%b8.html) and in Armenian (https://epress.am/2021/02/25/radical_choice_statement_1226.html).
Zümrüd's Gender Talks group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/gendertalks/
Bright Garden Voices (Պայծառ Պարտեզի Ձայներ - ParlaqBağ Səsləri - Голоса из Светлого Сада) is a platform for constructive dialogue between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. We host meetings where guests share their experiences and ideas concerning all matters relating to Azerbaijani and Armenian conflicts and issues. Each meeting hosts an audience which is able to propose questions or comments. We are neither affiliated with nor funded by any organization for this undertaking.