Combating Gender Based Violence in the South Caucasus Project in Armenia

The Republic of Armenia National Action Plan on Improving the Status of Women and Enhancing Their Role in Society (hereinafter, the “Action Plan”) defines the principles, priorities, and key targets of the public policy that is pursued to address women’s issues in the Republic of Armenia. The Action Plan is based on the relevant provisions of the Republic of Armenia Constitution and is targeted at the fulfillment of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence against Women, the recommendations of the Fourth Beijing Conference (1995), the documents of the Council of Europe Committee for the Equality of Rights of Women and Men, the UN Millennium Declaration requirements, and commitments of the Republic of Armenia under other international instruments.

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Gender Policy Concept Paper of the Republic of Armenia (adopted 2010)

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The Gender Policy Concept Paper was adopted by the RoA government 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, Declration 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.

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