“Expansion of Women, Literature and Society project: Writing Women in Regions”

Financial support:
Open Society Institute assistance Foundation and Azerbaijan University of Languages

Project Duration:
April 01, 2012 – November 30, 2012

Project description
“Sonmaz Mashal” Cultural Relations Public Union brought together American ,Turkish and Azerbaijani woman writers to support the development of the Azerbaijan literary environment and promote artistic exploration of gender issues by realizing a project entitled “Women, Literature and Society”. Project entitled “Expansion of Women, Literature and Society project: Writing Women in Regions” was realized as the continuation of the project. Young woman writers in Ganja, Guba, Khachmaz, Siyazan were involved in the project this time. The common goal of the project:artistic support and enrichment, public awareness, and capacity building through modeling and education.

The events realized within the project framework:
- An intensive creative writing workshop
- Gala Reading by Azerbaijani (Baku and regional) and American writers
- Editing and publishing the second volume of poetry and prose produced by workshop participants, with side-by-side Az/Eng translation, to serve as potential second issue of a collaborative women’s literary anthology entitled Buta (print and online- placement of the book material in www.translit.az)