As elsewhere in the Caucasus, flower-giving for International Women's Day in Armenia contrasts starkly with the widespread problem of domestic violence. (http://www.medialab.am/gallery/cartoon_lab/id/5108)

Giorgi Lomsadze is a journalist based in Tbilisi, and author of Tamada Tales .

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