{"id":43697,"date":"2019-11-23T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=43697"},"modified":"2019-11-27T07:58:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T07:58:31","slug":"zhanna-satgsyan-ddmashen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/zhanna-satgsyan-ddmashen\/","title":{"rendered":"Zhanna Sargsyan. \u201cOver the years I have realized the benefits of working in a team\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCandidate and current councilor of the Ddmashen community of Gegharkunik region, Zhanna
\nSargsyan, a highly respected social science teacher, had never thought that part of her daily
\nlife would be politics. It was a surprise to her at the time that she was informed that her name
\nwas included in the list of active women in the Ddmashen community selected by UNDP
\nrepresentatives. It was precisely for this decision that Zhanna's participation in a training
\ncourse to engage active women in local governments became crucial for her further
\ninvolvement in political life.<\/p>\n

In 2015, he was nominated as a counselor and was elected. Although the family was not large,
\nshe lived with her husband, two children, and a mother-in-law, and besides housekeeping,
\nwhere she was involved in vegetable cultivation after school, she still had the time and
\nresources to address community development issues. And they were not short – it took 20
\nyears for the inactive kindergarten building to be completely renovated, with about 60
\nchildren eagerly awaiting the opening of the community and surrounding villages. It was also
\nnecessary to begin the construction work to turn the neglected and destroyed part of the
\nformer ambulance into a celebration house, to improve the rural roads, to solve garbage
\nremoval and lighting issues.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

According to Zhanna Sargsyan, there are very few jobs in Ddmashen: a school, a
\nkindergarten, an aid station, a greenhouse are just being built. The emigration in the
\ncommunity is as great as in the whole Gegharkunik region. The overwhelming majority of
\nmen went abroad for work, some with family, and some after moving overseas to family.
\nThere is no workplace for women; their daily routine begins and ends in the home or kitchen.
\nThere is no community of culture, a place where you can gather, chat, do business. That’s why
\nZhanna Sargsyan’s caveat found its way out, she founded the Women’s and Youth Support
\nCenter NGO. With her own efforts and finances she has set up a workshop in her home where
\nabout 20 girls are engaged in dolls, tapestry and carpet weaving. And for the boys, she decided to set up a workshop for woodworking and pottery workshops at the upcoming celebrations.<\/p>\n

The 4-year deadline for full implementation of Zhanna Sargsyan’s plans was insufficient, so
\nshe decided to run again in the upcoming local elections as community issues – celebration
\nhall, village bridge, St. Tadevos Church, irrigation dock, outlet and overhaul problems have
\nnot been resolved yet.<\/p>\n

One of the provisions of Zhanna Sargsyan’s election program is the construction of a wool
\nprocessing plant. In Ddmashen there are 590 head of cattle, the sheep are being dumped by
\nthe residents because there is no opportunity for sale in the village. However, it is possible to
\nmake a thread from this wool yarn, which will be used in puppetry, carpet weaving and
\ntapestry, although financial means are still needed for this purpose.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Zhanna Sargsyan aimed to solve the problem with the example of the Sisian Women’s
\nResource Center, and though she did not succeed, she hopes that once elected to the council,
\nthe issue will be among the first to be resolved. There may also be unforeseen plans, as a
\nnumber of Gegharkunik communities will be enlarged in the near future, and it is unclear
\nwhat Ddmashen will be included in and what programs will be included.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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