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Caucasus Barometer: A New Name for the CRRC's Data Initiative
05/21/10

The CRRC’s annual Data Initiative Survey will be renamed into the Caucasus Barometer starting from 2010. At CRRC, we think that the new name better reflects the essence of the survey and is more understandable for the general public and the journalists.

The Data Initiative was first launched in 2004. Since 2007, a representative sample of approximately 2,000 respondents is interviewed annually in each of the counties. They answer core questions about household composition, social and economic situation of households, employment status, assessments of social and political situation in the countries, as well as respondents’ perceptions about direction of life. In addition, we include questions about media, health, crime, and other topical issues.

The change of the name, however, will not cause any changes in the way the survey is carried out – it is still an annual survey conducted every fall in all countries of the South Caucasus, employing the same methodology and the same survey instrument. Its major goal is to get reliable longitudinal empirical data to understand various aspects of the processes of social transformation in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. We are committed to ensure the highest possible scientific quality through all the steps of survey implementation.

The data and the survey documentation are open to all interested researchers and represent a unique tool for further quantitative analysis. You can find more information about the Data Initiative/Caucasus Barometer on our website.

CSS, TSU Fellowships for Master of Sciences international program students from Azerbaijan
05/20/10

Public presentation: “CSS, TSU Fellowships for Master of Sciences international program students from Azerbaijan”- Ms. Manana Mikaberidze. ENG.

Time: 17:30

Location: CRRC-Azerbaijan, Khazar University, 122 Bashir Safaroglu Street, Baku, room # 13

Overview: Presentation will be about international Master's programs in Transformation in the South Caucasus and Gender Studies for the 4th year BA students (preferably from the fields of Social Sciences: International Relations, Political Science, Human Geography, Sociology etc.). Center for Social Sciences at Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (www.ucss.ge) is providing full fellowships for the students from Azerbaijan (3 for TSC students and 2 for Gender Studies) during academic years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. The project is funded by Open Society Institute, Higher Education Support Program, Budapest. The application form and all respective documentations are also uploaded on CSS web page http://ucss.ge/news/news_detail.php?ID=510

Lecturer Bio: Manana Mikaberidze is an administrative director of the Center for Social Sciences at Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (www.ucss.ge).

Language: The lecture will be conducted in English.

Registration: To attend the presentation, please confirm your participation by writing to Aytan Mammadova via aytan.mammadova@crrccenters.org before May 19, 2010. Please indicate in the subject line “CSS, TSU Fellowships”.

Creating a Shared Society in post conflict society: Why we need to focus on GenderEquality
05/19/10

Public Lecture: “Creating a Shared Society in post conflict society: Why we need to focus on GenderEquality”- Dr Ann Marie Gray. ENG.

Time: 17:00

Location: CRRC-Azerbaijan, Khazar University, 122 Bashir Safaroglu Street, Baku, room # 13

Overview: International evidence has increasingly highlighted the necessity to understand the impact of conflict on the lives of girls and women and the importance of addressing gender equality as part of peace processes.  This paper draws on empirical research in Northern Ireland (which is emerging from over 30 years of violent conflict) to  argue that women, and especially young women, have been left out of much of the conflict discourse and there is subsequently little understanding of how the conflict has impacted them.  Women continue to be very under-represented in the new political institutions set up as a result of the Peace Agreements.  The findings show that while young women may have witnessed less of the conflict than their mothers or grandmothers they have been significantly affected by all that has taken place around and about them.   Their attitudes, opportunities and choices in many areas of their life have been restricted by growing up in a divided society.

Lecturer Bio: Dr Ann Marie Gray is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Administration at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.  She is also Policy Director of ARK (Access to Research and Knowledge in Northern Ireland).  ARK’s goal is to carry out high quality research and make information on social issues available to the widest possible audience.  In doing so it seeks to inform and stimulate policy debate and contribute to more effective policy making.  Dr Gray’s research interests include the relationship between lone parenthood and poverty and social exclusion, Youth policy and social attitudes.  She is currently an Open Society Institute International Scholar at Baku State University where she is working on the development of the Social Work Programmes.

Language: The lecture will be conducted in English.

Registration: To attend the presentation, please confirm your participation by writing to Aytan Mammadova via aytan.mammadova@crrccenters.org before May 18, 2010. Please indicate in the subject line “Creating a Shared Society in post conflict society”

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