Project name:  Combating Human Rights Violations in the South Caucasus and Russia

Funded by: ILGA Europe

Project period: 2016-2018

The project “Combating Human Rights Violations against vulnerable groups peoplee in the South Caucasus and Russia” which is implemented in partnership with ILGA Europe, aims at strengthening the capacity of nine CSOs, who promote and protect the rights of vulnerable groups. The project mainly concentrates on strengthening the capacity and skills in the fields of monitoring, documentation, advocacy, litigation and awareness-raising of CSOs in the South Caucasus and Russia and to develop and implement activities in the relating fields as to enhance the human rights position of vulnerable groups.

It aims at raising awareness of young people on vulnerable groups issues, decrease the hate speech and intolerance against vulnerable groups community members, empower vulnerable groups  community members and foster solidarity and cooperation between diverse groups. 

In the frameworks of this project, Society Without Violence NGO organises researches, trainings and awareness raising activities on types and manifestations of discrimination and bullying in the fields of education and healthcare in Armenia.

Project name: Love & Respect - preventing teen dating violence II

Funded by: Erasmus+

Project period: 2017-2019

The project endeavores to prevent partner violence between young people. This International project includes 7 partner organizations from 7 countries Armenia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Italy, Spain.

First, the project aimes to highlight the existence of TDV problem in the aforementioned countries and advocates for more astute systematic prevention at both a national level as well as an international level.

Further, the project endeavores to develop innovative tools for TDV prevention, raise awareness about TDV and healthy relationships among youth, created a platform for cooperation and sharing of experience, and to increase competency of youth workers and educators for there to be a more effective prevention of TDV.

Project name: Improvement of Armenian secondary education from gender perspective through teachers’ qualification trainings and empowerment of regional young women and girls

Funded by: Kvinna till Kvinna foundation

Project period: 2017-2018

This project is implemented in cooperation with Kvinna till Kvinna foundation. The project aims to contribute to the creation of gender-sensitive educational system as well as the elimination of gender inequality, discrimination, and violence in Armenia by targeting secondary school teachers and pupils in order to improve formal education settings by empowering regional women and girls through awareness raising and education.

The project includes a number of trainings with teachers, women and girls from different regions in Armenia, a Gender Equality (Fem) camp as well as public initiations and advocacy.