ASSESSMENT REPORT ON WOMEN’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT TO BE PRESENTED DECEMBER 4TH
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03.12.2007 11:55
The presentation of an Assessment Report on Women’s Political and
Economic Empowerment in Armenia with special focus on Syunik region
will be held on 4 December 2007.
The report has been prepared by Birgitta Wistrand Swedish gender expert
and former Member of the Swedish Parliament and Armine Mkhiratyan,
Head of the Department of Social Support at the National Institute
of Labour with OSCE support.
The report provides an assessment of women’s involvement in political
and economic life in Armenia, particularly in Syunik marz, analyzes the
level of and barriers to women’s economic and political empowerment and
provide recommendations for a programme of activities to strengthen
the involvement of women in the political and economic life in the
country and the region.
Sergey Kapinos, the head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Birgitta
Wistrand Swedish gender expert and former Member of the Swedish
Parliament and Armine Mkhiratyan, Head of the Department of Social
Support at the National Institute of Labour and Social Research will
present the report.