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Seeking Perfection
By Aram Hovsepyan
Dr. Aram Hovsepyan examines how people can sometimes fall victim to hidden violence by those closest to them. While this case study is an extreme one that led to implausible results, it highlights the need for education, awareness and most of all, compassion.
Seeking Permanence in Pixels: Digital Echoes of Cultural Genocide
By Roza Melkumyan
For decades, the Azerbaijani government has engaged in the destruction of Armenian monuments in its quest to erase all evidence of our culture. But the campaign of cultural erasure stretches beyond the physical, to the digital realm as well.
Serapian: The Milanese Secret
By Tatevik Avetisyan
How a young boy went from selling his hand-stitched leather goods out of a suitcase to building one of Italy’s most exclusive brands.
Serving with Honor: Women First Responders
By Kushane Chobanyan
As women in Armenia continue to break stereotypes, they are entering professions usually reserved for men. Kushane Chobanyan spent a day with female first responders and got a peek inside the life of these incredible women.
Sex Education, Stereotypes and Disabilities
By Kushane Chobanyan
Sex continues to be a taboo subject in Armenia. When it comes to sexual relations between individuals with disabilities, the misconceptions and taboos are even greater, writes Kushane Chobanyan.
Sex vs. Gender Through Linguistic Expression in Armenian
By Rafik Santrosyan
From referencing the issue of sex-selective abortions to drinking toasts in honor of women, the grammatically genderless Armenian language, still fails to provide a space for its speakers to develop sensitivity towards the intricacies of gender as social conventions and cultural constructs. Rafik Santrosyan, PhD in Linguistics, explains how.
Sexual Abuse: Protecting Children From the Unspeakable
By Astghik Karapetyan
Armenia’s parliament ratified the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, also known as the Lanzarote Convention. What does this mean for Armenia? Astghik Karapetyan explains.
Sexual Discourse: Speaking About the Unspeakable
By Sona Martirosyan
In the public discourse, sex is often seen as being diametrically opposed to almost everything - religion, love, traditional values, even the motherland. With this in mind, many will be shocked to hear that sex does exist in Armenia, Sona Martirosyan writes.
Shamakhi: A Lost Dialect, a Lost Identity
By Narine Vlasyan
Shamakhi is an Armenian dialect that is on the verge of extinction. While many Armenians from Shamakhi feel a sense of pride in their history and dialect, for the new generation who, along with the rest of the Shamakhetsis were forced to flee their village during the Karabakh War, the dialect is simply a matter of history.
She
By Roubina Margossian
Even when a woman has her very own day of the year, even a whole month in the case of Armenia, and even if during that month many articles will be written about her, this is not one of them.
