2012: We are open!
18.01.2012
The women's resource center is already open for the new year. Our working hours are: Mondays to Saturdays from 10a.m to 8p.m, except on Wednesdays we are open from 10a.m. to 5p.m. There are several programs prepared for this year:
• Women's Human Rights Seminars- the training includes themes on women's rights, gender, feminism, violence, trafficking, reproductive health and right.
• Free legal aid for women and girls - on violence, family issues, property, job and other. The service is available on Mondays and Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Legal help-line: 010- 54-24-62.
16 Days of Activism to Stop Violence against Women
20.11.2011
Կանանց նկատմամբ բռնության դեմ պայքարի 16-օրյակին նվիրված միջոցառումներ'
Երթ' նոյեմբերի 25 - March against Violence
/սկիզբ' 13:00, Տերյան 62, բն. 35, ավարտ' 16:00, Հյուսիսային պողոտա/
start: Teryan 62 at 1pm - end: Northern Avenue at 4pm
Annual Women's Retreat
Every year the collective of the Women's Resource Center organizes a women's week-end retreat. This creates an opportunity for all the active volunteers, members and staff to gather in a nice environment a little far from the busy city and spend time together; resting and reflecting on their work as women's rights defenders and activists. During this week-end, we also invite new members and conduct a special ceremony to welcome them in our sisterhood!
Challenging Patriarchy in the South Caucasus
19.10.2011
by Gohar Shahnazaryan, Yerevan State University, Armenia and co-founder of the Women's Resource Center
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 inaugurated a challenging new stage for the women's movement in Armenia and the whole region of the South Caucasus. With the assistance of international organizations and funds, women's non-governmental organizations were established. In 2003 we formed a group of young women from Armenia and the Diaspora and started to discuss the problems that young women were facing in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Since we didn't have any office space, we used to gather in a cafe-bookstore called Artbridge located in downtown Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. A year later we decided to create an empowering space for ourselves and other young women who openly resented being marginalized, underestimated and not being heard. That space turned out to be the first resource center created for young women in post-Soviet Armenia. In the beginning we were located inside the Yerevan State University campus and we served as a drop-in center for young female students.
We are back!
01.09.2011
Women's Resource Center is open again from september 1st. Our working hours are: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 19:00.
Join us on this first day with a protest action to denounce violence and abuse in the Armenian Army, tomorrow at 11am on Republic square. For details, see the Facebook page of the event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126827147416350
