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 […]
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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 […]
Community development consultant from Canada
Upon WFD’s invitation, Jim Wards, a volunteer consultant from the Canadian organisation CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organisation) was working with the WFD staff and the beneficiaries from August 9-22. Jim has been involved in the Community Development projects for the last […]
Armenian volunteers from diaspora
In June-July 2009 the NGO “Women for Development” hosted two volunteers from Canada and Argentina, who were in Armenia in the frames of the project being implemented by the charity foundation “Birthright Armenia”. Cynthia El-Khoury studies at the department of […]
Presentation of peace education handbook in Shirak, Lori and Aragatsotn
In June-December 2008, jointly with the specialists from the National Institute of Education of RA Ministry of Education and Science /NIE/, presentations were organized for more than 230 teachers from 10 project beneficiary schools, as well as more than 100 […]