Protection for women and girls still failed to meet international standards. Amnesty International Report 2011 In March, the government set up the State Interagency Committee to Combat Gender-Based Violence following a decree by the Prime Minister. However, no progress had been made by the government on enacting legislation specifically addressing… Read More
Introduction LGBT rights violation can be witnessed in various spheres of social life. LGBT people state that there is discrimination toward them in educational institutions and there were cases when a person was bullied by a teacher because of being feminine (in case of a male person) or masculine (in… Read More
December 1 is World AIDS Day, and that is an opportunity to speak out once more about the issue of HIV/AIDS, the efforts in our state to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, as well as present and future issues. This year the Advocacy Group on AIDS organized the following events… Read More
IDAHO (International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia) is marked on May 17th. This day is celebrated in more than 70 countries and has become a very important date in the cycle of the annual events. Nowadays, IDAHO is officially recognized by EU Parliament, Spain, Belgium, UK, Mexico, Costa Rica, Netherlands,… Read More
The Day of Silence is an event that brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Students from middle school to college take some form of a vow of silence in an effort to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior. The event is… Read More
A huge Soviet era is gone now. It was an era when homogeneousness was propagated, when there was designed similar culture for all brotherly republics. The same way politics was formed, which naturally was affecting the social sphere. After the collapse of USSR – boom! The state has taken the… Read More
This is the time when we finalized this year and now we are getting ready for new challenges. During these 3 years we managed to break silence and organized groundbreaking events regarding sexual health and human rights, we promoted peace and tolerance, and this is still beginning. We want to… Read More
World AIDS day – this is the day when the world wears red ribbon and takes actions to stop AIDS. World AIDS Day in Armenia – this is the day when not all Armenians but at least several NGOs are raising the worldwide issue in the… Read More
Following the tragic death of Zaruhi Petrosyan, October 1, 2010, numerous non-governmental organizations joined together forming the “Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women” to follow-up on the issue and raise awareness on violence against women in Armenia. The Coalition invited the masses, the civil society and human rights activists to… Read More
