The Government of Armenia supports your rights to
 
 

• Be protected against discrimination

• Participate in political and public life

• Have equal access to educational opportunities

• Have equal access to employment

• Have equal access to healthcare

  
   

 
UNFPA supports the Government of Armenia’s efforts to :
 
 

• Provide access to quality reproductive health services

• Provide access to safe and effective methods of family planning and contraception

• Provide access to essential obstetric care

• Ensure that women, men, and young girls and boys are aware of HIV/AIDS and how to protect themselves

• Ensure that women and men are aware of women’s right to be protected from violence and receive support if they are victims of violence

  
   

As a woman, your rights are protected in a number of international agreements and documents. For more details of these, click here

Practical support

Your body, your health :

If you need information or advice about sexual and reproductive health, including support on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS, there are a number of Armenian and international groups and organizations which can help:

Center for Perinatology and Obstetric Care
Tel: (37410) 357-091
This Center can also provide contact details for 75 Family Planning Units across Armenia

Sexually Transmitted Infections Center
Tel: (37410) 342-811

HIV/AIDS Center hotline
Tel: (37410) 610-820

UNFPA is involved in a wide variety of programmes and projects to improve reproductive health and rights in Armenia. For more information on what we’re doing, click here

Your status, your rights and opportunities

Although Armenia's economy has made a remarkable recovery, the social transformation and economic difficulties of the early 1990s caused a deterioration in the status of women which is still being felt.

Although Independence has brought new personal and social freedoms and women's participation in education remains high, women have been less able to succeed in the new and more aggressive competition in post-communist Armenia.

If you need information or support on issues connected with your status, your well-being and your rights, including violence against women, there are a number of organizations in Armenia which can help:

Armenian Young Women's Association (AWAY)
Koryun 15, Yerevan,
Tel: (37410) 54 28 56)
Website www.away.am

NGO Center Civil Society Development Organization
Contact: Margarit Piliposyan 1 Baghramyan Ave., #1
Tel: (37410) 54-40-12, 54-40-13; 54-40-15
E-mail maga@ngoc.am
Website www.ngoc.am

Hope and Help (Non Governmental Organisation)
Contact: Yenok Shatvoryan
23, Mashtots ave., apt. 31, Yerevan
Tel: (374 10) 53-33-52,
E-mail: hopehelp@web.am

Martuni Women’s Community Council
Contact: Anahit Gevorgyan
8 Proshyan Street, Martuni 378710 Armenia
Tel: 374-262-4-22-01, 4-43-00
E-mail. ganahit@arminco.com or kananc@arminco.com

Women’s Rights Center
Contact: Susanna Vardanyan
Tel: ( 374 10) 58 36 18 or 54 28 28
E-mail wrcarm@arminco.com or susanna@wrcorg.am

Tsovinar Women Against Violence
Contact: Anna Hakobyan
E-mail: tsovinar@hahr.am

For more details of UNFPA work on gender equality in Armenia, click here

Your society, your future -- your involvement

If you would like to get involved with efforts to support and improve the status and situation of women in Armenia, there are a number of ways you can help:

Contact the organizations listed above for details of their activities and how you can contribute.