{"id":183080,"date":"2017-03-09T17:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/breaking-barriers-women-in-the-caucasus-working-unwomanly-jobs\/"},"modified":"2017-03-09T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T17:00:42","slug":"breaking-barriers-women-in-the-caucasus-working-unwomanly-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/breaking-barriers-women-in-the-caucasus-working-unwomanly-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Barriers: Women in the Caucasus Working &#8216;Unwomanly&#8217; Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/az\/80599\/\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80599\"\/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  There was a time when the profession of doctor or teacher was considered strictly men\u2019s work; today nobody is surprised by woman health professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But despite emancipation, taxi driver or car mechanic are still not very typical professions for women, even in European countries. And in the Caucasus, women who dream of becoming police, lawyers, politicians or of serving in the military can expect a lack of understanding and rebuffs if the men among her kin don\u2019t like her choice.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After all, in the traditional society of the Caucasus, these elite professions are \u2018unwomanly\u2019! Not to speak of cobblers, taxi drivers, mechanics, and tractor operators: work that is not only firmly \u2018men\u2019s work\u2019, but also, according to local perceptions, \u2018rough\u2019 and \u2018coarse\u2019.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As a result, a woman who has decided to move against the grain of societal prejudices can expect distrust from clients, lower wages, and a sexist attitude from male colleagues. But these brave individuals are out there all the same.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      \u201cMy husband said it\u2019s not \u2018woman\u2019s\u2019 work\u2026 I became a cobbler after he died\u201d<br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      Cobbler Gayane Khambaryan \u2013 Armenia<br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n    <iframe\ttitle=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/watch?v=qLE5E86Nay4\"\tframeborder=\"0\"\tallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Gayane Khambaryan is a cobbler in Yerevan. With this trade she supports her three-person family. The earnings are modest but Gayane is content with her work. She says that while her husband, also a cobbler, was alive, she always asked him to teach her, and that he refused her saying \u201cyou are a woman, take care of domestic affairs\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cAfter his death, I taught myself anyway\u201d, says Gayane.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  There was a time when Gayane studied at the medical college in her home town of Vanadzor, but she didn\u2019t complete her studies: she got married and moved with her family to Yerevan. Her dream of becoming a nurse didn\u2019t come to pass. Now Gayane repairs shoes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Her family didn\u2019t like this very much, but when her husband had a heart attack, he could no longer work as he had before. Gayane had to take things on herself.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cAt first it was very amusing. When clients came to get their repaired shoes, they would ask me to pass along their thanks to my husband, thinking that he had done the repairs\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The work was hard, especially in the very beginning: \u201cYou might say all my fingers have been deformed, I\u2019ve cut and even broken fingers on multiple occasions. But gradually my hands got used to it\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  After her husband\u2019s death, Gayane continued to work as a cobbler. Her children weren\u2019t opposed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThey understood that this is the only way to feed the family. My son worked with me for a time, but then decided to go to Moscow and do the same there. And then the price of rent rose, he closed his workshop and went to make money singing in restaurants. He has a good voice. And holding a microphone isn\u2019t so tough as working the whole day with a hammer\u201d, laughs Gayane.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Gayane doesn\u2019t really want for her children to do the same, but who knows how life will work out? \u201cWe have a wise proverb: a craftsman is hungry only \u2018til midday\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In Armenia almost every fifth person is officially unemployed, whereas Gayane is self-employed and proud of this: \u201cIt\u2019s hard for women over thirty to find good work here. But there\u2019s nobody to order me around. I decide myself when to open and close my shop\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  True, there are less orders. If previously Gayane received ten orders a day, now it\u2019s two or three.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI think the reason is the economic situation. If somebody has little money, they prefer to wear worn-out shoes. Especially during the warm part of the year. Our work season is generally autumn and winter. But with each year there are less and less orders\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Gayane lives together with her daughter and granddaughter, supports the family herself: \u201cI don\u2019t make much, but we somehow get by. My maximum weekly income is 20,000 dram, this is about 50 dollars. But last week I made only 300 dram. And that was terrible\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Gayane has good relations with her colleagues of the opposite sex. They respect her and are always ready to help. Of course, there do happen along clients who don\u2019t take her seriously simply because she is a woman:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A person comes in, sees that a woman is sitting here and says straight to my face, you are a woman, how can I trust you? In such situations, I respond: I work here, if you don\u2019t like it, good bye!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And others think that a woman will repair their shoes better and more carefully. Gayane was even offered a chance to teach her craft in school, but she turned this down: \u201cIt\u2019s too much responsibility for me. And I\u2019ve already gotten used to being my own boss\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      \u201cPeople hang up when they hear a woman\u2019s voice\u201d Car mechanic Nushaba Agayeva &#8211; Azerbaijan<br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n    <iframe\ttitle=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/watch?v=iQK-37uEZlA\"\tframeborder=\"0\"\tallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Nushaba Agayeva received medical training in Russia. She was married. Her two grown children \u2013 a son and daughter \u2013 are studying in the UK. Her father supports them and pays for their education. And Nushaba: she became a car mechanic five years ago, after her divorce. She used to fix engines, and these past three years she\u2019s been working on transmissions. The work is physically demanding, but Nushaba says that modern technology makes it possible to overcome the difficulties and \u201cnot think that a woman is frail and there are some things of which she is incapable\u2026\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Nushaba has been interested in cars since childhood. She was taught to fix transmissions by a specialist named Sardar. They work together even now. \u201cOne of the most complex operations in our work is to remove the gearbox\u201d, explains Nushaba.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  When clients come to Sardar for such services, he sends them to Nushaba. \u201cWhen clients see me, a woman, they are either embarrassed or feel awkward, as if to say, how will we speak to one another?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And sometimes it\u2019s the case that Nushaba is recommended as a good master of her craft, the client calls, but\u2026 \u201cUpon hearing a woman\u2019s voice, they apologize, they say I\u2019m sorry, we were mistaken, and hang up. People are surprised when I say that I am the mechanic\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Male clients\u2019 attitudes are varied, admits Nushaba. Some treat her with respect, saying, \u2018here is a woman who pursued such hard work.\u2019\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But the opposite also happens, they act inappropriately. \u201cWhat can you do, everyone\u2019s different\u2026\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On the other hand, people feel more comfortable with a woman mechanic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A woman comes with her husband or with one of her male relatives, because they think there will be an unfamiliar man in the shop. But upon seeing that a woman is working there, they relax and then come by themselves.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In the society of the Caucasus, it\u2019s customary to defer to women and forgive them for mistakes even on the job, but Nushaba doesn\u2019t need or want such a patronizing attitude, she says.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cOf course, I also sometimes make mistakes. But people don\u2019t defer to me just because I\u2019m a woman \u2013 \u00a0impeccable work is demanded of us all. And I myself don\u2019t think in such situations that I am a woman. What has that got to do with it? A client comes along, they should receive good service\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The team is male, but our heroine says that work with men has taught her a lot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI began to learn from them how to be precise, how to keep my word, speak concretely, and, what can you do, I learned vulgarities\u2026 I myself feel that I\u2019ve become more vulgar\u2026 but this is comfortable for me, there is something masculine in my character as well, and because of this there is no discomfort\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And at the same time, Nushaba remains a woman \u2013 she cares about her haircut, her face, sets aside time for herself. Her hands are the only problem.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cNothing works, neither a manicure nor any other means help. The gasoline and oil get into the skin. But all the same I look after my hair and face, try to look attractive\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <b><br \/>\n    <i><br \/>\n      \u201cFather didn\u2019t allow me to become a lawyer, so I became a taxi driver\u201d Maya Tsvitsivade &#8211; Taxi Driver &#8211; Georgia<br \/>\n    <\/i><br \/>\n  <\/b>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n    <iframe\ttitle=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/watch?v=M8KEqLKpIRY\"\tframeborder=\"0\"\tallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Maya Tsivtsivadze is 43 years old. By education she is a financial expert, but has been working as a taxi driver for already a few years now.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Since childhood Maya has dreamed of becoming a lawyer. To this day she adores detective novels. But at that time people\u2019s mentality in Georgia was different \u2013\u00a0women weren\u2019t welcomed in this profession. Her controlling father forbade his daughter to even think about such a career. Maya entered the finance and economics department at university: her aunt was an accountant, and she was generally interested in economics.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She worked for the [CPSU] district committee, or raikom, then in an insurance company. And then the Soviet Union fell apart, the raikoms and insurance companies had no work either.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWell, what\u2019s to be done, I ran a private business. I got married\u201d, sighs Maya.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Her personal life didn\u2019t work out. After the divorce, Maya had to look after her children and mother alone. Maya didn\u2019t dream of sitting behind the wheel of a taxi, she chose the work because she had no other option.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cBefore, I baked pies to sell, but over time so many bakeries opened in the city that there were less and less orders. I had a car, and I thought, why not a taxi?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But now she says that she\u2019s satisfied with the unexpected turn.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI like to talk with people, I love cars. This business captivated me. You meet various people, lawyers, doctors, politicians. It\u2019s interesting to talk with them. The work is interesting, though also hard\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maya says that people aren\u2019t accustomed to seeing a woman behind the wheel in a taxi: \u201cWhen a passenger sits in the car, they see me and apologize for the mistake.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  I end up having to calm them down, say no, you\u2019re not mistaken, I\u2019m a taxi driver. Women are supportive, whereas men are surprised and also yell, aaah, a woman driving a taxi!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  ***\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <i><br \/>\n    <b><br \/>\n      Author: Gyunel Movlud Consultant from Armenia: Gayane Mkrtchyan Consultant from Georgia: Edita Badasyan<br \/>\n    <\/b><br \/>\n  <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time when the profession of doctor or teacher was considered strictly men\u2019s work; today nobody is surprised by woman health professionals. 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