STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ART EXHIBIT AND FILM SCREENING IN YEREVAN

Tert.am
04.12.09

On November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women, the Women’s Resource Center in Yerevan joined
organizations around the world to raise awareness about the issue of
gender-based violence.

In the framework of 16 days of activism to end violence against women,
38 artists and activists decided to break the silence on this issue
and participated in a collective exhibition organized by the Center.

The opening of a collective exhibition of 38 artists and activists
within the framework of 16 days of activism to end gender violence
will take place on December 5, 2009 at 5pm, on the second floor of
Moscow Cinema. It will be followed by a screening of a series of
short films on violence.

The program for the opening:

5pm – Exhibition 6pm – opening remarks: Gohar Shahnazaryan and Lara
Aharonian – WRCA Ms. Anahit Bakhshyan – Member of National Assembly
Ms. Marie Yovanovitch – American Ambassador to Armenia

6:30 – screening of films:

-Women on the front line /find a word for it/ congo, UNFPA , 2007,
22 min., Armenian with English subtitles.

-Silence, Deniz Ceyhan Arman, 2007, 9 min., Turkey.

-Zone of silence, Mariam Ohanyan, 2009, 16 min, Arm. with Eng. sub.

-Marital rape, Carole Rousopoulos, 30 min, French with Arm subtitles.

-Women on the front line /Showing the red card/ Austria, UNFPA, 2007,
22 min, Arm. with English subtitles

The exhibition and film screenings will continue until December
7, 2009.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia,
and IREX have partnered with the Women’s Resource Center in Yerevan
for this event.