This project component envisages provision of support to the National Coordination Committee for Combating GBV and relevant institutions and monitoring bodies to produce national policies and actions plans on GBV.
Gender Policy Concept Paper
The Gender Policy Concept Paper was approved by the RoA Prime Minister on February 18, 2010 to become the first ever national strategic document of the primary importance, which defines main directions and general strategy of a state policy with relation to men and women and refers to the equal enjoyment of rights and opportunities by all citizens in all spheres of social life regardless of their sex.
The Concept Paper is based on the RA Constitution and laws, on the international conventions, ratified by Armenia, most importantly: CEDAW and CEDAW Optional Protocol, Convention on the Political Rights of Women, Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol (tackling trafficking issues), as well as on a number of other international policy documents, including but not limited to: Beijing Platform For Action, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict, etc. The Concept Paper states the main principles, goals, objectives and strategy for the implementation of gender policy in Armenia and focuses on the main aspects of gender policy embracing all spheres of life, including: management sector and decision-making levels, socio-economic, education, health, culture and public information sectors.
