“This is the last election we can participate in”
Originally published on Global Voices
Image by Arzu Geybullayeva
Vafa Nagi, 41, is a political and civic activist and feminist from Neftchala administrative district in Azerbaijan. In 2019, Nagi went against all the odds, and ran for the municipal elections in her native village of Holqaraqashli. She was threatened, intimidated, and pressured to drop out of the race by the head of the municipality who has been there for 17 years.