The Feminist Safe Space Between January and August 2023, we organized many events in the Feminist Safe Space of the Women’s Resource Center and had over 400 visits. From March 6 to 31, one could visit the “Visible Name” exhibition in our space, which gathered works of 3 female artists. Throughout the history of...
Nagorno Karabakh (Armenian name Artsakh) has been under blockade by Azerbaijan since December 12, 2022, and for more than seven months its native Armenian population has experienced food, fuel, and other supplies shortages, gas, electricity, water outages, and medical emergencies in failing local hospitals. The International Committee of the Red Cross is the only international...
Nagorno Karabakh (Armenian name Artsakh) has been under blockade since December 12, 2022, and for more than seven months its native Armenian population has experienced food, fuel, and other supplies shortages, gas, electricity, water outages, and medical emergencies in failing local hospitals. The International Committee of the Red Cross is the only international organization to...
The Women’s Resource Center’s opposing position on the draft ‘’compulsory military service for women on a voluntary basis.’’ On April 21st, 2023, the Armenian Government approved the package of draft amendments to the RA Laws on ‘’Military Service and the Status of Service members’’ and “Defense” and presented it as a legislative initiative to the...
We present to you all the trainings held in the Women’s Resource Center during the month of May. On May 11 and 12, the “Results-based management” training was held at the WRC office. The training focused on modern international principles, approaches, and tools of project management. During the training, the participants developed program foundations based...
We present to you the 3 trainings held in the Women’s Resource Center during the month of April. On April 4 and 11, the trainings on “Policy Issue Identification” were held at the WRC. The training covered both theoretical knowledge and practical exercise helping the participants shape a proper understanding of the concept of policy,...
On April 3, the Women’s Resource Center presented the results of the study “The Issue of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in Armenia” at an event organized together with the Solidarity Center Armenia. The presentation of the study was attended by representatives of the RA government, deputies of the National Assembly, non-governmental organizations engaged in...
It is the 100th day since December 12, 2022, that the Lachin Corridor, the lifeline of the unrecognized Republic of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), has been closed down by Azerbaijani state-sponsored bogus eco-activists. This has already resulted in a humanitarian crisis in NK- widespread food and supplies shortages have affected the lives of 120,000 ethnic Armenians,...
The Women’s Resource Center is pleased to announce that for the 2nd year in a row, we have launched a series of capacity-building and internal stability trainings for CSOs working on women’s rights and gender equality. Two training sessions were organized in March. The topic of the first training is “Strategic Plan Development.” The goals...
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