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Armenian Parliament Removes Controversial Equality Bill from Agenda
A draft law on equality between men and women resulted in a stormy debate in Armenia's National Assembly today. Read More »
FFA President on Women’s Football: Armenian Women and Men Shouldn’t be Equal
Football Federation of Armenia President Ruben Hayrapetyan believes that “an Armenian man wouldn’t give his daughter to football [soccer].”Read More »
Armenia Ranks Poorly in Gender Equality
Iceland, Finland, and Norway are at the top of the list of 136 countries, where gender equality has been considered in the areas of political participation...Read More »
Armenia Now Represented in Council of Europe Gender Equality Committee
A representative of Armenia was elected to be a member of the Council of Europe's Steering Committee on Gender Equality, which is directly answerable to...Read More »
‘Woman=Man’: Armenian NGO Organizes Flashmob for Gender Equality
Local NGO Society Without Violence is planning a flashmob to encourage a society free from violence and to...Read More »
‘An Armenian Woman’s Underarm Shouldn’t be Seen’: Gender Equality is Laughable?
Feminist movements' actions in prompting equality between men and women is laughable, since by nature men and women are not...Read More »
Parliamentary Group on Women’s Issues to be Established in Armenia
The "From Women Politicians to Women Politicians" training manual will be launched at 4 pm on Feb. 16 in the Yerevan State University...Read More »