The Big Picture: Women of the Caucasus
A woman sells spices at a market in Tbilisi, Georgia. Flickr via Creative Commons/ By Tomaradze
Chechen refugees in Georgia. Flickr via Creative Commons, By Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak
The feet of a Yezidi Kurdish woman in Aragatsotn Province of Armenia/ By K. Shamlian
Women of Pankisi Valley, Georgia, during Sufi zikr ritual. Flickr via Creative Commons, By Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak
Children with their grandmother in Azerbaijan. Flickr via Creative Commons, By Mercy Corps
A Yezidi Kurdish woman with her grandchild, Armenia. By K. Shamlian
A South Ossetian woman in her basement, which saved her life during the war with Georgia. Flickr via Creative Commons, By leennok
Women in downtown Yerevan organize a march to stop the killing of stray dogs/ By Liana Aghajanian
A woman stands in the hallway of a building in Baku, Azerbaijan. Flickr via Creative Commons, By Karpidis
This post is part of a special series in honor of International Women’s Day
