Which countries have laws preventing violence? Which legislate for gender equality? And which countries allow abortion? Using World Bank and UN data The Guardian offer a snapshot of women’s […]

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  The UN General Assembly proclaimed 10 December as Human Rights Day in 1950, to bring to the attention ‘of the peoples of the world’ the Universal Declaration […]

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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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The article “Unborn girls of Armenia” published on womennet.am caused hot discussions in Facebook social network. The reason is the story told by one of young fathers. It […]

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With 15 million children caught up in major conflicts The year 2014 has been one of horror, fear and despair for millions of children, as worsening conflicts across […]

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It turned out that in different families and establishments of Armenia violence is acted against children. According to different studies children are exposed to violence at home, school […]

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“When we were going to have a child, the doctor found out the sex of a child and asked us if we have a boy, then we answered […]

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