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Visit to Yerevan Zoological Garden (24.05.2016)
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On
May 19 Women’s Rights Center’s staff organized visit to Yerevan Zoo for women
and their children supported by the Center. Before the entrance a short discussion
on what animals children like, and what pet they would like to have at home
took place. Then children entered the Zoo accompanied by parents and the Child
Psychologist and walked through the park watching animals.
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Training on Domestic Violence for the Inspectors of RA Police Provincial Divisions (19.05.2016)
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Training
on domestic violence for the Inspectors of RA Police Provincial Divisions took
place on May 19 in RA Police Training Center. Training was aimed at raising the
participants' awareness on the issue of domestic violence. Types, consequences
and causes of domestic violence were introduced to them. Each of the inspectors
was trying to give definition for domestic violence and to distinguish its
types.
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Training on Domestic Violence in Armenian State Pedagogical University (15.05.2016)
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On
May 13, 2016 the next training on domestic violence took place in Armenian
State Pedagogical University. Students from the Faculty of History and
Jurisprudence participated in it. Training started with how students would define
domestic violence and particpants actively brought examples of domestic
violence cases as they understood it. Trainers also introduced different
situations and suggested students to choose which cases of violence were
considered to be domestic.
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Presentation of report "Femicide in Armenia: A Silent Epidemic" (11.05.2016)
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On
May 11 the Coalition to Stop Violence against Women organized presentation of
the report «Femicide in Armenia: A Silent Epidemic» at the Ball Room of Yerevan
Best Western Congress Hotel. The term femicideand relevant statistical data was
presented during this event emphisizing not only quantitative information, but
qualitative as well.
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Training for social workers and psychologists working in the area of domestic violence (10.05.2016)
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On
April 29 and 30 in Yerevan Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation organized training for
psychologists and social workers working with victims of domestic violence. The
event started with the opening speech of Mr. Morten Edenberge, Swedish Minister
of Foreign Affairs. The two-day lecture conducted by Swedish psychotherapist
Josef Grande, who has specialized in working with gender based violence for the
last 20 years, and Linnea Halvarsone, Gender Based Violence Consultant at
Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation.
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Workshop Devoted to the Promotion of Coordinated Response to Domestic Violence Cases (02.05.2016)
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On
April 28, 2016 the workshop devoted to the promotion of coordinated response to
domestic violence cases took place in “Nairi” Hall of “Ani Plaza” Hotel. School
teachers and psychologists, social workers, police officers as well as
representatives of Yerevan Municipality, RA Ministry of Labor and Social
Affairs, RA Police Academy participated in the event. The workshop was opened
with presentation of domestic violence problem and distinctive criteria for definition
of domestic violence victim were presented.
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Discussion on "Armenia and the Future of Eastern Partnership" theme (25.04.2016)
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On
April 22, 2016 a lecture and discussion on “Armenia and the Future of Eastern Partnership”
theme took place at the Center for European Studies of the Yerevan State
University (YSU). The event was opened by Dr. Thomas Schrapel, Head of Regional
Program Political Dialogue South Caucasus of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF).
Dr. Ruben Markosyan, Vice-Rector of YSU, in his turn expressed words of gratitude
to Dr. Schrapel for his visit to Armenia and participation in the event.
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Training for regional staff (18.04.2016)
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On
April 15, 2016 WRC regional staff training took place at «Paris» Hotel. The
trainers were WRC psychologist L. Hayrapetyan and attorney E. Danielyan. The
training consisted of two parts: theoretical and practical.
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Training on Domestic Violence at the Institute of Law of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (11.04.2016)
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Women’s
Rights Center implemented domestic violence training for the students of the Institute
of Law of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University. Firstly participants
introduced themselves and their expectations, then followed the presentation of
their questions. Domestic violence issue, types, consequences, reasons and
other important facts were presented to the participants. To make the issue
visible for the students domestic violence films shot by Women’s Rights Center
were demonstrated.
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Participation in “The Right is Yours” TV Program (10.04.2016)
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The
regular release of “The Rights is Yours” TV Program by H3 TV Channel took place
on April 7 and was devoted to the protection of women’s rights in Armenia.The
guests of the program, including Women’s Rights Center’s psychologist L.
Hayrapetyan, talked about legal mechanisms of women’s rights protection,
traditional roles of men and women, domestic violence problem and its consequences,
as well as mass media response to this problem.
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Visit to the National Children's Library after Khnko Aper (08.04.2016)
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On April
7, 2016 children with their mothers visited the National Children's Library
after Khnko Aper. The excursion started with a fairy-tale which was told by the
narrator of fairy tales and was devoted to mothers. Then the group got acquainted
with the library stock: the fairy tales, stories, journals. Everybody wished to
register at the library and became permanent readers.
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