„Growing up, I was surrounded by women; I was actually brought up by women. The people who have influenced the way I matured were all women. These are the individuals, who stand out in my memory: my mother, grandmother, aunt – my second mother who
„I’ve been a “guerrilla gardener” for about three years. I joined the team in a few months it came into existence and I’ve been an active member since then. I first heard about this movement from a well-publicized incident related to Vake Park. I suddenly discovered
„Being a reporter is a tough profession. Not only because it requires intellectual abilities and knowledge but because it demands different, sometimes “special”, physical abilities from women. For instance, it is useful if you can run well and do not get easily tired, because you
"I dreamed about studying in the Arts Academy since childhood, but my family members made me change my mind. The parents used to nag me: “Why would anyone want that?” or “Becoming an artist is useless, you should aim for being a teacher instead!”, and
„I have been in the field of medicine since I graduated First Medical Institute in Moscow. I worked as head of the Gynecology Department at Maternity House N26 (Moscow) until I moved to Tbilisi together with my family after the civil war. I was appointed
„I am a final year student and study sociology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of Tbilisi State University. At the same time, I work as a bartender. I have worked as a bartender just for three months, I have two jobs. Before
„I have been like a fish who swims against the flow since my childhood. My mother often told me that I would find difficult to live if I did not change. I have been always different from the environment in which I have had to
“I was 20 when I went to see the doctor because I thought I had thyroid problems, but instead it turned out to be the final stage of lymphoma…. The name “Lymphoma” sounded so harmless to me that I did not think it would kill me.
„I used to work in a Senaki carpet plant as a knitter. This was a quite hard work. There were only male workers in the plant. I was the only female there and operated a huge machine. I used to knit big carpets manufactured by