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: Uncategorised; 03 August 2015; Hits: 878

What Love without equality?

On July 27 SWV organizes its annual event that aimed at raising public awareness on womens' issues and women's rights in Armenia. This year the event was titled “What love without equality?”

The participants were taking photos with the stand in of "Love is" heroes: the heroes were holding a changeable colorful hearts with various messages, such as Love is giving freedom to each other”, “Love is when you are accepted as you are”, “Love is an equal division of responsibilities”, “Love is not violence”, etc.

: Uncategorised; 30 July 2015; Hits: 1201

Armenia's second Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

As stated in UN Armenia report concerning Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and Armenian\s participation in it, the UPR is a unique process which involves a periodic review of the human rights records of all 193 UN Member States. Since its first meeting held in April 2008, all 193 UN member States have been reviewed during the first UPR cycle and 112 during the second cycle. The second review of States highlighted human rights developments in the country since its first review and provided an opportunity for States under review to present the steps taken to implement recommendations posed during their first reviews.

Armenia was one of the 14 States reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its second session that took place from 19 to 30 January2015. Armenia first undergo UPR review in May 2010[1].

Armenian civil society has also participated actively in the second UPR cycle of Armenia. Particularly, under the umbrella of Open Society Foundations – Armenia, a broad coalition of independent non-governmental organizations Society Without Violence NGO among them developed a shadow report for the 21^st Session of the UPR. Another shadow report on women’s and LGBT rights specifically was prepared by Pink Armenia, Society Without Violence, Women's Resource Center and Women's Support Center in cooperation with the Human Rights House Yerevan[2].