• ABOUT US
• GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
  • GBV in Armenia
• RESEARCH
  • Nationwide Survey
  • Research on "The Issue of Gender-Based Violence as Presented by Armenian Mass Media"
  • Sociological survey on Domestic Violence and Divorces
  • Sociological Survey on Gender Dimension of Civic and Political Participation in Armenia
• AWARENESS RAISING
  • Public Campaigns
  • Target Group Education / Victim Information Meetings
  • Workshops for Media
  • Advocacy
• PROJECT VIDEOS
• ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
  • Legal Assessment
  • Policies and Action Plans
• CAPACITY BUILDING
  • Training of National Machinery Representatives
  • Training of Service Providers
  • Manuals and Guidelines to Combat GBV
  • Building Gender Statistics
  • Involvement of Faith Based Organizations
• COORDINATION AND COLLABORATION
  • National Coordination Mechanisms
  • Inter-Country Collaboration
• MEDIA CENTER
  • Press Releases
  • Media Coverage
• E-LIBRARY
  • International Documents on Gender and GBV
  • UNFPA CGBV Project Publications
  • UNFPA Publications
  • National Documents on Gender and GBV
  • Other Publications
• ANNOUNCEMENTS
• E-NEWSLETTERS
• HOW CAN I CONTRIBUTE?
• E-NEWS ARCHIVE
• GENDER THEME GROUP IN ARMENIA
• ANNUAL REPORTS

In Armenia, general awareness of the population on GBV is very low and the issue itself is rarely brought up and discussed in public. In view of this situation, educating population on GBV, including Domestic Violence (DV), and its consequences is considered as one of the priority areas of the work aimed at combating GBV and a necessary precondition to contribute to enabling environment for GBV reduction in the country. Target group education component of UNFPA CGBV project in Armenia is implemented by a consortium of 3 NGOs, which have a substantial work experience in the fields of human and women’s rights, gender and gender based violence issues, reproductive health and adult education as well as a positive experience of cooperation with a number of international organizations including UN agencies.

International Centre for Human Development (ICHD)
Association of Armenia Women with University Education (AAWUE)
Scientific Association of Medical Students of Armenia (SAMSA)
“Tatev-95” Psychological Counselling Centre
“Internews” NGO
Armenian Roundtable of Churches (ART FBO)

Training of Educators
Given the fact that GBV including DV are rather sensitive topics by their nature and should be properly and carefully unwrapped and presented to the audience, it is of the greatest importance to have a very well informed and trained professionals who can effectively work with the target groups of population.

• A five day TOT for representatives of partner organizations
  With a purpose to create a pool of highly qualified trainers a 5-day workshop was conducted for the group of educators selected within the framework of the project implemented by a consortium of three local NGOs. Overall, 12 educators participated in the workshop, collectively representing the consortium-member NGOs (AAWUE, ICHD and SAMSA). 
  
  The training manual was compiled for this training and contained relevant reading materials, training instructions and guidelines. The training module and manual are instrumental in designing short-term awareness raising campaigns for men and women of different ages, professions and education background. It is interactive and comprises of various modern training tools and techniques ranging from simulations to movie sessions.
   
• ToT for representatives of NGOs, Government and Local Self-Governance bodies
  A group of 48 trainers from Yerevan, Gyumri, Vanadzor, Artashat, Vayk, Gavar, Kapan and Goris were trained in Gender socialization, equality and discrimination, gender-based violence and trafficking, tools for providing gender equality and combating GBV and training methods. The training participants breakdown was done in compliance with  the project document (a) 16 representatives of line ministries, agencies and regional authorities; (b) 16 representatives of LSG bodies; (c) 16 representatives of NGOs. The training was conducted by educators trained within the framework of the CGBV project in September. During the training the Training Manual was used. All training participants were certified as trainers on Gender and GBV topics and received a copy of the Manual.
   

Awareness raising seminars for school children, students, women and men
Lack of knowledge and awareness on gender equality and GBV creates serious obstacles in the field of human rights, including women’s rights advocacy and is considered as one of the primary issues of concern that needs to be addressed within the framework of programmes tackling GBV problem. Therefore, one of the primary directions of the project’s work in Armenia became a series of awareness raising seminars on GBV that targeted the widest groups of population, including school children and students, women and men. 

Awareness raising seminars for refugees and asylum seekers
Being aimed at increasing awareness and improving knowledge among refugees and asylum seekers on gender issues, rights and equality to combat gender-based violence UNFPA CGBV in cooperation with UNHCR Armenia initiated a series of awareness raising meetings for refugees and asylum seekers. More than 300 refugees and asylum seekers have participated in awareness raising meetings on gender and gender-based violence issues. Meetings were organized in cooperation with ICHD NGOs and conducted by trainers trained within the framework of CGBV implementation in Armenia.

Victim Counseling and Information Meetings
Within the framework of its awareness raising component, UNFPA CGBV project pays a particular attention to the work with victims of violence, which envisages the following scope of activities:

• Education/ information meetings for possible victims of GBV,
• Provision of psychological counseling to the participants of education/information meetings who acknowledged that they are victims and asked for help
• Development of detailed guidelines on psychological counseling and work with victims of violence.