Women’s Rights

November 25, 2016 | 17:59
‘Okay When She’s Asking for It;’ March in Yerevan Against Domestic Violence

The marchers passed by a number of Yerevan's universities, handing out the information booklets primarily to students. As a response, female students generally said they had never heard of domestic violence and...

November 25, 2016 | 14:39
Women’s Rights Activists Blame Police Indifference for Domestic Violence Victims’ Deaths

The WRC regional hotline, meanwhile, received 2125 calls, including 1816 domestic violence-related ones. This, Yeghiazaryan told reporters, also shows that domestic abuse rates have grown over the country in the last year...

November 15, 2016 | 20:15
No Extreme Cruelty in Yerevan Woman’s Stabbing Murder, Appeals Court Rules

There’s even witness testimony which indicates that the woman was killed in a particularly cruel way. According to one of the eyewitnesses, Arakelyan had pinned the woman to the floor and ‘was just doing his job sitting atop...

November 9, 2016 | 17:27
Former Armenian MP Threatens to ‘Hurt’ Ex-Wife and Send Her to Jail, Lawyer Reports

According to Torosyan, the former parliamentarian repeatedly subjected Avagyan to physical abuse while they were married, and when she finally divorced him, he threatened to take her child away and make sure that the woman ended up in jail...

September 26, 2016 | 15:12
Domestic Violence ‘Natural’ Part of Family Life in Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province

The WRC recently organized a field trip to Gegharkunik to raise awareness about the different forms of violence against women and to educate the women of the province on how to protect themselves against domestic violence...

August 24, 2016 | 12:19
Yerevan Man Sentenced to 11.5 Years in Prison for Ex-Wife’s Murder

In her closing argument, Safaryan told the court yesterday that Arakelyan should have been convicted of a particular cruel murder, which provides for a sentencing range that includes life imprisonment...

April 12, 2016 | 13:07
Anonymous Feminists: “They Make Money Through Our Dead Bodies”

We believe that this patriarchal act of war can be stopped by the collective action and demand for institutional demilitarization and end of state oppression across the region...

April 11, 2016 | 21:05
Hatred and Hostility Only Serves Interests of Armenian, Azerbaijani ‘Criminal Clans’

The conflict has brought a lot of misery to our peoples, has taken away a number of our loved ones and belongings. 17 thousand dead and 20 thousand wounded in Azerbaijan; 6 thousand killed and over 10 wounded in...

June 30, 2015 | 14:21
Mass Mobilization: Armenian Demonstrators Form New Agenda

On June 29, some of the demonstrators created open working groups: it was decided that there would be round-the-clock watch on Baghramyan Avenue, an information stand would be set up, [the groups] would organize,,,

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November 25, 2016 | 17:59
‘Okay When She’s Asking for It;’ March in Yerevan Against Domestic Violence

November 25, 2016 | 14:39
Women’s Rights Activists Blame Police Indifference for Domestic Violence Victims’ Deaths

November 15, 2016 | 20:15
No Extreme Cruelty in Yerevan Woman’s Stabbing Murder, Appeals Court Rules

November 9, 2016 | 17:27
Former Armenian MP Threatens to ‘Hurt’ Ex-Wife and Send Her to Jail, Lawyer Reports

September 26, 2016 | 15:12
Domestic Violence ‘Natural’ Part of Family Life in Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province

August 24, 2016 | 12:19
Yerevan Man Sentenced to 11.5 Years in Prison for Ex-Wife’s Murder

April 12, 2016 | 13:07
Anonymous Feminists: “They Make Money Through Our Dead Bodies”

April 11, 2016 | 21:05
Hatred and Hostility Only Serves Interests of Armenian, Azerbaijani ‘Criminal Clans’

June 30, 2015 | 14:21
Mass Mobilization: Armenian Demonstrators Form New Agenda

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Women’s Rights

November 25, 2016 | 17:59 ‘Okay When She’s Asking for It;’ March in Yerevan Against Domestic Violence

November 25, 2016 | 14:39 Women’s Rights Activists Blame Police Indifference for Domestic Violence Victims’ Deaths

November 15, 2016 | 20:15 No Extreme Cruelty in Yerevan Woman’s Stabbing Murder, Appeals Court Rules

November 9, 2016 | 17:27 Former Armenian MP Threatens to ‘Hurt’ Ex-Wife and Send Her to Jail, Lawyer Reports

September 26, 2016 | 15:12 Domestic Violence ‘Natural’ Part of Family Life in Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province

August 24, 2016 | 12:19 Yerevan Man Sentenced to 11.5 Years in Prison for Ex-Wife’s Murder

April 12, 2016 | 13:07 Anonymous Feminists: “They Make Money Through Our Dead Bodies”

April 11, 2016 | 21:05 Hatred and Hostility Only Serves Interests of Armenian, Azerbaijani ‘Criminal Clans’

June 30, 2015 | 14:21 Mass Mobilization: Armenian Demonstrators Form New Agenda

November 25, 2016 | 17:59
‘Okay When She’s Asking for It;’ March in Yerevan Against Domestic Violence

November 25, 2016 | 14:39
Women’s Rights Activists Blame Police Indifference for Domestic Violence Victims’ Deaths

November 15, 2016 | 20:15
No Extreme Cruelty in Yerevan Woman’s Stabbing Murder, Appeals Court Rules

November 9, 2016 | 17:27
Former Armenian MP Threatens to ‘Hurt’ Ex-Wife and Send Her to Jail, Lawyer Reports

September 26, 2016 | 15:12
Domestic Violence ‘Natural’ Part of Family Life in Armenia’s Gegharkunik Province

August 24, 2016 | 12:19
Yerevan Man Sentenced to 11.5 Years in Prison for Ex-Wife’s Murder

April 12, 2016 | 13:07
Anonymous Feminists: “They Make Money Through Our Dead Bodies”

April 11, 2016 | 21:05
Hatred and Hostility Only Serves Interests of Armenian, Azerbaijani ‘Criminal Clans’

June 30, 2015 | 14:21
Mass Mobilization: Armenian Demonstrators Form New Agenda