This project aims at strengthening the capacities and co-operation among stakeholders to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence, including digital violence, as enshrined in the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), and at advancing de facto gender equality and women’s empowerment.

About the project

This new project builds on the lessons learned from the previous project "The path towards Armenia's ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence" which ended in December 2022.

The project provides support in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment (WE) and combating violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence (DV) by increasing knowledge, enhancing inter-agency co-operation line with European standards and best practices. The project's long-term impact expectation is that women in Armenia benefit from gender equality and protection against all forms of violence against women.

The project contributes to the Council of Europe’s Action Plan for Armenia for 2023–2024 so that:

  • Armenia is better prepared for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention;
  • the Armenian legal and policy framework on preventing and combating domestic violence is in line with Council of Europe standards;
  • women victims of gender-based violence and domestic violence, including the most disadvantaged, have better access to justice and support services;
  • law enforcement officers, social workers, and other relevant professionals have a better understanding of European standards and gender-sensitive approaches related to the work with victims of domestic violence and gender-based violence;
  • gender equality and women’s empowerment are better promoted and the Armenian legal and policy framework on gender mainstreaming in education are in line with Council of Europe standards.

The project will act in two areas:

PROJECT PUBLICATIONS

  Study “Electronic monitoring in interpersonal violence cases: standards, principles and state practices” ENG/ARM

  Study "Digital dimension on violence against women in Armenia" ENG/ARM

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 1 January 2023 – 31 December 2024

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Back Supporting civil society organisations in raising awareness on the Istanbul Convention in Armenia

Supporting civil society organisations in raising awareness on the Istanbul Convention in Armenia

On 22 March 2023, over 30 representatives from 18 civil society organisations (CSOs) in Yerevan learned about the methodology and toolkit for civil society organisations, developed by the Council of Europe in co-operation with Women Against Violence Europe Network (WAVE) and UN Women, to run awareness raising campaigns to promote the values, aims and main provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

Representatives of international and national organisations participated in the seminar: Anca Ciupa from WAVE Network presented the methodology, Klara Hlavačková, Czech Women’s Lobby and Iliana Balabanova, Bulgarian Women's Lobby shared their experience, lessons learned and challenges on raising awareness and lobbying using the methodology in their respective countries.

“We, the civil society organisations, have a key role to support the state authorities in raising awareness about gender-based violence and domestic violence, improving the state response to this phenomenon” – Hasmik Gevorgyan, Program Manager in Women Support Centre NGO said, - “and this methodology comes to help us with this role”.

Following this seminar, the Council of Europe is planning to launch a call for proposals to support awareness-raising and advocacy initiatives of Armenian CSOs in promoting the Istanbul Convention by generating positive narratives and dispelling myths and misinformation.

The seminar and call for proposals are organised in the framework of the Council of Europe project “Ending violence against women and promoting gender equality in Armenia”.

Yerevan 22/03/2023
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The project is implemented by the Capacity Building and Co-operation Projects Unit of the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division

 Larissa KIREEVA, Project Manager

together with the 
Council of Europe Office in Yerevan

 Liana AMIRBEKYAN, Senior Project Officer
 Eleonora MANUCHARYAN, Project Officer
 Knarik NAZARYAN, Project Assistant