Veteran female peace activist Arzu Abdullayeva shares her experience implementing peacebuilding projects with colleagues from Armenia, as well as neighboring Georgia and other countries.

In the Georgian village of Jandari, labor migration has touched nearly every family. Increasingly, it is the women who are leaving.

In Azerbaijan, young women who move out to live alone are frowned upon at best, and subjected to violence at worst.

While some believe large muscles embody the true nature of a "real Azerbaijani man," sociologists worry physical strength has become a symptom of toxic masculinity in the culture.