Yerevan, February 6, 2009 

The Women’s Rights Center will organize meeting for Mass Media representatives about domestic violence issue on February 25, 2009.

“Women’s Rights Center attaches great importance to the role of journalists and on the whole all media representatives in the process of raising public awareness through understandable illustration of the issue of domestic violence among a wide range of society”, - stated the announcement.

According to the announcement, taking into consideration the above-mentioned statement, Women’s Rights Center has initiated a meeting-discussion with mass media and representatives of news agencies.

Women’s Rights Center is a non-governmental organization, the mission of which is to support democratic changes in Armenia, promote the increase of the role of women in the social, cultural and political life of the country, shift the attitude of society towards the issue, and support gender equality between men and women as well as protect rights of women and children.

Beginning in 2007, the organization has initiated the development of the draft law on Domestic Violence, involving in the process a Working Group consisting of officials, judges and lawyers from RA Police, Ministry of Social and Labor Issues, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Health.

Compiled from: http://www.ginsc.net/home.php?option=allnews&mode=1&lang=ru

Information source: www.newsarmenia.ru

06.02.2009

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