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Barkhoyan lives with her six children and husband in Vardenik, a village in Gegharkunik region. Their home has metal walls and no glass in the windows, which are covered in plastic sheeting. (Photo: Inna Mkhitaryan)
Armenia: Male Exodus From Rural Communities
Inna Mkhitaryan
21 Jan 12
Gegharkunik has highest rate of labour migration anywhere in Armenia.

HIV/AIDS Cases Rising in Provincial Georgia
IWPR contributor
23 Dec 11
Eastern region records exponential growth in number of cases.

Health experts in western Georgia are concerned about the increasing incidence of new HIV cases.

Strong traditions and a unique faith bind the Yezidis together. (Photo: Lusine Avagyan)
Armenia: Yezidi Girls Fated For Teen Marriage
Lusine Avagyan
16 Dec 11
Custom of early weddings which put an end to girls’ education still strong in traditionalist community.

At her wedding in the Armenian village of Mushakan, Sona Amoyan, 15, stands barefoot on a cold floor for half a hour while the wedding guests file past.

Men working at the cemetery in the town of Dastakert, where 70 per cent of residents are refugees from Baku, Sumgait and Kirovabad in Azerbaijan. They are eagerly awaiting the reopening of the local copper plant in Dastakert, which despite its detrimental effect on the environment promises much-needed jobs. (Photo: Sara Anjargolian)
Armenia: Living on the Edge
Sara Anjargolian
9 Dec 11
Images of refugees settled in border areas of Armenia.

Many of the Armenians displaced from Azerbaijan by conflict beginning in 1988 found themselves living around the edges of their new homeland.
Azerbaijan: A Long Displacement
IWPR contributors
19 Nov 11
Video: Hardship, but hope too, among Azerbaijanis driven from their homes by 1990s war.

This home in Chiragli was destroyed in the conflict and never rebuilt. (Photo: Orhan Orhanov)
Lives on the Line in Azerbaijan
Orhan Orhanov
15 Nov 11
Villagers eke out existence along "line of control" facing Armenian-held territory.

Homes in Kond are patched up with wood, metal or plastic as residents do not want to invest in more lasting repairs, since demolition could come at any time. (Photo: Mary Aleksanyan)
Condemned Homes in Armenian Capital
Mary Aleksanyan
31 Oct 11
Five years after their neighbourhood was placed under demolition order, residents see little sign of progress.

Female Peace Activists in Caucasus Get Message Across
IWPR staff
26 Jul 11
A new IWPR film examines attempts by women in the region to build bridges between estranged communities in Georgia.

Photographers protesting outside the interior ministry building in Tbilisi. (Photo: Nino Kharadze)
Georgian Protests Over "Spy" Photographer Arrests
Giorgi Kupatadze
12 Jul 11
Campaigners say photojournalists are being framed for taking pictures the government didn't like.

Georgian journalists and photographers have held a series of rallies in Tbilisi and other Georgian cities in protest at the arrest of three colleagues charged with spying for Russia.

A powerful flood in April 2010 left several families in village of Mleta (Dusheti district) without a home. Officials say they can’t provide new houses for flood victims at the moment and suggest that they stay in a school building in a neighbouring village. (Photo: Giorgi Kupatadze)
Georgia's Overlooked Disaster Victims
Giorgi Kupatadze
13 May 11
Thousands of people have lost homes in landslides and floods but few have been resettled.