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Stop the counter
World AIDS Day 2009
P ublic Information and Need of Knowledge, Armenian Student Forum, Real World - Real People, Positive People Armenian Network non-governmental organizations conducted “Stop the Counter” action dedicated to the World AIDS Day. more
 
PINK breaks stereotypes
"Masculinity: breaking stereotypes" exhibition
Armenian society can be described as a patriarchal one and men are viewed here as powerful and leading figure. more
 
Iravunk newspaper says
Ministry of Sport-supporter of propaganda of homosexuality?
There is an NGO in Armenia named PINK Armenia, which declares its main objective to be fighting SPID (AIDS in Russian) by providing relevant information. more
 
Each illiterate gives him/her right to express an opinion
It’s a pity but again l have read a homophobic article in an Armenian newspaper lately. more
 
VivaCell-MTS and Armenian Red Cross Society Together for Humanity
On July 31, VivaCell-MTS and Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS) joined hands to address humanitarian challenges facing the state and society. more
 
NCI Examines Xenophobia in Armenia
The National Citizens’ Initiative (NCI) convened a roundtable discussion on the topic of “Xenophobia in Armenia.” more
 
Video: Distributing fliers in Yerevan
The staff of organization were distributing fliers to young people on July 10, 2009. watch
 
PINK’s new steps in new office
On June 27 “Public Information and Need of Knowledge” NGO organized an event on the occasion of new “Information, Education, Communication” (IEC) office opening and “Masculinity: breaking stereotypes” program starting. more
 
International Day Against Homophobia (May 17, 2009)
While in cities like Riga, Kiev and Moscow, LGBT demonstrations are being blocked by authorities, in more than 50 countries in the world there are activities to celebrate the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. more
 
Health and Civil Society NGOs meeting
Armenian health & civil society NGOs gathered at the Yerevan Women's Resource Center on April 23, 2009. more
 
Armenia gays face long walk to freedom
The recent publication of Azeri writer Alekper Aliev’s gay novel Artush and Zaur, dealing with an Armenian-Azeri love affair, rocked the conservative and mainly Muslim society of Azerbaijan. more
 
86 percents don't tolerate
Most Armenians do not accept to have homosexual neighbors.
According to the Women’s Resource Center when the question ‘what would you do if your neighbor is homosexual?”was asked, 86% of the respondents answered that , they would not tolerate it. more
 
Global Health Week of Action
Non-profit organizations realized different programs almost in each country in the frames of the project "Global Health Week of Action" from March 30 to April 3 by the "University Coalition of Global Health"coalition's initiative. "Public Information and Need of Knowledge" NGO joined the action and organized training sessions at the Art Academy of Gyumri and Youth Center of Shirak region.
Published: April 2, 2009, author: Mamikon Hovsepyan
 
We lost him ...
Our best friend, professional lawyer, father of two daughter, wonderful husband for his wife, amazing person passed away on March 24, 2009. more
 
Burying Red Apple
Armenia celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 in pretty much the same way it always does. As a patriarchal society, women are expected to dress up and men present them with flowers. more
 
2Armenian human rights activist Lilit Poghosyan is chosen as the face for the EU anti-discrimination poster
Do you know your rights?
53% of Europeans don’t know they’re protected from discrimination in the workplace.
Laws exist throughout the EU to protect everyone against discrimination based on race or ethnic origin, age, disability, religion or belief, or sexual orientation in the workplace. more
 
Eva against homosexuality or discrimination from "Aravot" daily
As I promised, I met Eva Hakobyan, a journalist from "Aravot" newspaper. I had some questions which were not still clear for me. At first I showed her the rules of Odnoklassniki.ru website and asked her how could she use the pictures of girls in her article without any permission? more
 
PINK is online
We have opened web-groups in famous social networking sites Yesoudo, MySpace, Facebook and Odnoklassniki to reach out to the wider audience. Soon after the establishment we started blogging, where we posted Armenian and worldwide news about sexual health and human rights. Our videos and social ads are placed in Youtube.
Today we have a chance to present our official website where fresh news, future projects and events will be announced.
Published: February 28, 2009, "Public Information and Need of Knowledge" NGO
 
Video: Candles for people living with HIV
On December 1st, when we celebrated the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day at "Avangard" club, we presented live show with candle. Later we decided to make a social advertisement on this topic and here is the result. watch
 
Open letter against intolerance
 After the government in Armenia signed the UN declaration against discrimination based on sexual orientation in December 2008, we have witnessed a resurgence of hostile rhetoric against homosexuals both in official and oppositional media. more
 
NGO Exhibition in Gyumri
Non-profit organization exhibition-conference took place on January 18 at the Youth Center of Gyumri. PINK Armenia and Women’s Resource Center also participated in that event from Yerevan, presenting our mission and partnership with Gyumri. more
 
Silver and Gold party
Deem Communications and its partners, Aftershock productions and Square One , hosted their annual Silver&Gold party at Square One on January 5th, 2009. It was a unique event when we remembered our old and kind times. Somehow people were comparing this party with Monte Cristo and they still miss that club, because it was the first Armenian club where we could feel totally free, even dance on the tables. more

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