On March 9 -13 a discussion of the manual “Tolerance” envisaged for the pupils of 5 -9 grades and training for teachers took place in Aghveran. Gohar Markosyan, the President of WFD and Susanna Ghazaryan, the officer of Educational Department […]
Month of Peace
A Peace month was announced in all the beneficiary schools of the organisation in February – March 2010. The results of the Peace month were first summarised in Gyumri School #20 after J. Byron. Here pupils in 13 classes organised […]
Creation of healthy and peaceful communities in Shirak region: project report (2010)
Christmas and New Year in Bayandur
On December 29, 2009 a New Year’s and Christmas party took place in the Bayandur village community center. The initiator of the event was the major of Bayandur community Hovagim Sargsyan. At the beginning of the party on behalf of […]
8th Annual Global Linking and Learning program, the Netherlands
On December 1-10, 2009, Armine Shiroyan, the Coordinator of the “Creation of healthy and peaceful communities in Shirak region” project, participated in the 8th Annual Global Linking and Learning Program in the Netherlands, organized by Dignity International (www.dignityinternational.org) in partnership […]
“Gender and Conflict” in schools
December 1-4, 2009 WFD conducted lessons on the topic “Gender and Conflict” were conducted in “Peace Education Centers” of some schools of Gyumri. During the lessons more than 85 schoolchildren of 7-9 grades received information on the history of the […]
OMNIBUS 1325: working meeting on November 14-17, 2009
A 4-day working meeting of the International peace-building network OMNIBUS 1325 took place on November 14-17, 2009 in Istanbul (Turkey). Susanna Ghazaryan, the Officer of Education Department of WFD and a member of the International peace-building network OMNIBUS 1325 also […]
“Peace and Conflict Resolution Education at schools of Armenia”
“Peace and Conflict Resolution Education at schools of Armenia”, October 2009 A summery report about peace education project in Armenian schools. It was published in the newsletter of the International Peace Research Association. Link to the article: http://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/newsletter/PEC-news-10-2009.pdf […]
International Day of Peace, UN Armenia
An event devoted to the International Day of Peace was held in the UN Armenian office on September 18, 2009. This year the International Day of Peace was celebrated by UN under the slogan “We must disarm”. The Association of […]
International Conference on Population and Development, 2009
Gohar Markosyan, the president of WFD, participated in the “International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development”, held on September 2-4, 2009, in Berlin. The forum marked the […]