«One  Billion Rising» dance in Downtown Yerevan

The truth is shocking. According to the United Nations, one of every three women on the planet will be physically or sexually abused in her lifetime. That’s a staggering one billion women.

This fact prompted a number of Armenian women activists to stage a flash mob event in Yerevan’s Northern Ave in the framework  global  movement One Billion Rising for Justice  organized on february 14 /   V-Day.

Anna Nikoghosyan from  “Society without Violence” NGO, one of the participants in the Yerevan event, told : “All of us have joined to raise our voices against violence perpetrated against women and girls.” She said the event was part of the campaign being staged today globally. “Dancing, as we are doing here is a form of struggle,” the young activist said.

“We expect to inform people about violence, raise the matter, and resolve it as much as possible. It is a very good day to encourage women, so they may stand up for their rights,” flash mob participant Lida Minasyan, who is Coordinator of the “Society without Violence” NGO, told.