On December 22nd in the court of the first instance of Gavar a verdict of domestic violence against 28-year-old Hasmik Khachatryan – a fortune-teller Varsik’s daughter-in-law was announced. […]

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16 days of activism against gender-based violence is coming to its end, but it lacked a single State announcement which would show the State’s support to the struggle […]

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Such an opinion was expressed by Hovhannes Sahakyan – Chairman of NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs with regard to draft law “On preventing violence”. It […]

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According to official statistics, only from the period January-August, 2014, police received 1500 calls about violence against women, and 12 women died from domestic violence this year. Cases […]

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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Around the World: UN Calls to Step Up Efforts to End Violence Against Women in Armenia   On the occasion of […]

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Today is the International day of women human rights defenders which is one of the events celebrated within 16-days of activism. History evidences that it has always been […]

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Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Gender-Based Violence! Positioning the 16 Days Campaign from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) and December 10 (Human […]

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The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence uses the 16 days between International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November) and International Human Rights […]

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Open letter from UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcukaetter to the media: Orange your news and newsrooms to raise awareness of violence against women Dear editors, reporters, anchors […]

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Violence against women and girls is a global pandemic that destroys lives, fractures communities and holds back development, United Nations Secretary -General lBan Ki-moon said as the world body […]

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