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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
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PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA PARTICIPATES IN THE
WSCF CONFERENCE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Antelias, Lebanon – The World Students’ Christian Forum’s (WSCF)
intra-regional conference on international women’s planning took
place on 34-31 July in Manila, the Philippines. The main theme of the
conference was “violence against women: the role of men and women in
today’s society.”

Young females from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe and America
participated in the conference. Carla Khijoian from the Armenian
Church’s University Students’ Association, which enjoys the support
and patronage of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, represented the Middle
East during the conference.

Khijoian delivered a lecture entitled “Violence against women: The
family and community experience in the Middle East.”

The participants visited the poor neighborhoods of Manila and
several of the country’s women’s organizations and unions, meeting
with physically and psychologically violated and tortured women and
consoling them.

At the end of the conference, the participants adopted an international
plan to neutralize the crimes and violence committed against women
in the world.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the
Ecumenical activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer
to the web page of the Catholicosate, The
Cilician Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is
located in Antelias, Lebanon.