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ÆÝãå»ë ¹áõ As you
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E-magazine
N 10 / 2014
ù³Õ³ù³óÇ³Ï³Ý Ñ³ë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ
civil society
гë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ ³é³Ýó µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý Society Without Violence
ë»é³Ï³Ý ³éáÕçáõÃÛáõÝ
sexual health
ÆÝãÁ ³Ùáà 㿠What is not shameful
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gender
ºë »ñµ»ù µ³í³ñ³ñ ɳíÁ ã»Ù, ³Û¹å»ë 㿱 I am never good enough, am I?
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human rights
ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Çñ³íÇ׳ÏÁ г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ. ï³ñ»Ï³Ý ½»ÏáõÛó 2013
16 Annual review of human rights situation of LGBT people in Armenia 2013
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inspiration
Ø»Ýù áõ Ù»ñ Ù³ñÙÇÝÁ Our bodies, ourselves
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traveller
ÆÝïáõÇódzë ÇÝÓ Ïµ»ñÇ h»ï` г۳ëï³Ý
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гñ·»ÉÇ §ÆÝãå»ë ¹áõ¦ å³ñµ»ñ³Ï³ÝÇ ÁÝûñóáÕ, êÇñáí ù»½ »Ýù Ý»ñϳ۳óÝáõÙ ³ñ¹»Ý ѳñ³½³ï ¹³ñÓ³Í §ÆÝãå»ë ¹áõ¦ å³ñµ»ñ³Ï³ÝÇ 10-ñ¹ Ñáµ»ÉÛ³Ý³Ï³Ý Ñ³Ù³ñÁ: §ÆÝãå»ë ¹áõ¦ å³ñµ»ñ³Ï³ÝÇ ³ß˳ï³Ýù³ÛÇÝ ËáõÙµÁ ³Ûë ³Ý·³Ù ¨ë ³Ý¹ñ³¹³ñÓ»É ¿ Ó»½ ¨ Ù»½ Ñáõ½áÕ Ñ³ñó»ñÇÝ: §ê»é³Ï³Ý ³éáÕçáõÃÛáõݦ µ³ÅÝáõÙ ´ÅßÏ³Ï³Ý Ñ³Ù³Éë³ñ³ÝÇ ë»ùëáÉá·Ç³ÛÇ ÏÉÇÝÇϳÛÇ µÅÇßÏ, ë»ùëáÉá·Ç³ÛÇ ³ÙµÇáÝÇ ³ß˳ï³ÏÇó` ܳñÇÝ» Ü»ñëÇëÛ³ÝÁ, å³ïÙáõÙ ¿ ë»ùëÇ Ù³ëÇÝ Ñ³ÛÏ³Ï³Ý ÙÇý»ñÇ, ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏñÃáõÃÛ³Ý, ·áÛáõÃÛáõÝ áõÝ»óáÕ ËݹÇñÝ»ñÇ áõ Ýñ³Ýó ѳÕóѳñ»Éáõ ׳ݳå³ñÑÝ»ñÇ Ù³ëÇÝ: §Ø³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñ¦ µ³ÅÝáõÙ Ý»ñϳ۳óÝáõÙ »Ýù §È¶´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Çñ³íÇ׳ÏÁ г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ¦ 2013Ã-Ç ï³ñ»Ï³Ý ½»ÏáõÛóÁ: ¼»ÏáõÛóáõÙ Ý»ñϳ۳óí³Í ˳ËïáõÙÝ»ñÁ ɳÛݳͳí³É »Ý ¨ Áݹ·ñÏáõÙ »Ý ѳë³ñ³Ï³Ï³Ý ÏÛ³ÝùÇ ·ñ»Ã» µáÉáñ áÉáñïÝ»ñÁ` ÁÝï³ÝÇùÁ, ÏñÃ³Ï³Ý ¨ ³éáÕç³å³Ñ³Ï³Ý ѳëï³ïáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ, áëïÇϳÝáõÃÛáõÝÝ áõ ½ÇÝí³Í áõÅ»ñÁ ÑÇÙÝ³Ï³Ý áÉáñïÝ»ñÝ »Ý, áñï»Õ ˳ËïíáõÙ »Ý ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ÑÇÙݳñ³ñ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÁ: §¶»Ý¹»ñ¦ µ³ÅÝáõÙ ÷áñÓáõÙ »Ýù ÙdzëÇÝ Ñ³ëÏ³Ý³É ¨ ·ïÝ»É Ð³Û³ëï³Ýáõ٠ϳݳÝó ·áí³½¹Ý»ñáõÙ å³ïÏ»ñ»Éáõ ûñÇݳã³÷áõÃÛáõÝÁ: §ø³Õ³ù³óÇ³Ï³Ý Ñ³ë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõݦ µ³ÅÝáõÙ ³Ý¹ñ³¹³ñÓ»É »Ýù §Ð³ë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ ³é³Ýó µéÝáõÃ۳ݦ (в´) ѳë³ñ³Ï³Ï³Ý ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ³ñ¹»Ý 13-³ÙÛ³ ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³ÝÁ: в´ ·áñͳ¹Çñ ïÝûñ»Ý ²Ýݳ ÜÇÏáÕáëÛ³ÝÁ å³ïÙáõÙ ¿ ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³Ý ÑÇÙùáõÙ ÁÝÏ³Í ÷ÇÉÇëá÷³ÛáõÃÛ³Ý, ß³ñÍÇã áõÅÇ, ¹Åí³ñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ ¨ ¹ñ³Ýó ѳÕóѳñÙ³Ý ÙÇçáóÝ»ñÇ Ù³ëÇÝ, ÇÝãå»ë ݳ¨ ³Ý¹ñ³¹³éÝáõÙ ¿ ³ÛÉ Ñ³ñó»ñÇ: §ÆÝãå»ë ¹áõ¦ å³ñµ»ñ³Ï³ÝÇ 10-ñ¹ ѳٳñÇ á·»ßÝãáõÙÝ ¿ æáõ¹Ç ÜáñëÇ·Û³ÝÁ`§Ø»Ýù áõ Ù»ñ Ù³ñÙÇÝÁ¦ ϳݳÝó ³éáÕçáõÃÛ³Ý ¨ ë»é³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ ³ß˳ïáõÃÛ³Ý ·áñͳ¹Çñ ïÝûñ»ÝÁ: §Ö³Ý³å³ñÑáñ¹¦ µ³ÅÝáõÙ §¸»åÇ Ð³ÛùǦ ϳٳíáñÁ å³ïÙáõÙ ¿ Çñ ׳ݳå³ñÑáñ¹áõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ ¹»åÇ Ð³Û³ëï³Ý: سÕÃáõÙ »Ýù Ò»½ ѳ׻ÉÇ ÁÝûñóáõÙ:
Dear Reader of As You electronic magazine, We are happy to present you the 10th jubilee edition of As You e-magazine. The working team of As You once again addressed the issues we and you are concerned about. In the section Sexual health Narine Nersisian, a doctor in the sexology clinic of the Medical University and an employee of sexology department talks about existing myths in Armenian reality, sexual education, existing problems and ways to overcome them. The Human Rights section presents the report on Human Rights Situation of LGBT People in Armenia 2013. The violations included in the report are widespread and cover almost all spheres of life. Family, educational institutions, healthcare institutions, police and military institutions are the main spheres where human rights of LGBT people are violated. In the section Gender we try to understand and find the pattern of how women are illustrated in advertisements in Armenia. Civil Society section refers to 13 years of activities of Society Without Violence NGO. The executive director of SWV Anna Nikoghosyan talks about the underlying philosophy of the organization, the driving force, challenges and measures to overcome them, and other issues. The inspiration of the 10th edition of As You is executive director of Our Bodies, Ourselves book on women’s health and sexuality Judy Norsigian. Birthright volunteer tells about her journey to Armenia in the section Traveller. We wish you a pleasant reading.
ù³Õ³ù³óÇ³Ï³Ý Ñ³ë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ civil society
гë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ ³é³Ýó µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý Society Without Violence
гë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ ³é³Ýó µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý Ñ³ë³ñ³Ï³Ï³Ý ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛáõÝÁ ÑÇÙݳ¹ñí»É ¿ 2001Ã-ÇÝ: ÐÇÙݳ¹ÇñÝ»ñ »Ý ²Ýݳ ²ñáõ×Û³ÝÁ ¨ ÜáÝݳ ²ñáõ×Û³ÝÁ, áíù»ñ Ý»ñϳÛáõÙë ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý Ñá·³µ³ñÓáõÝ»ñÝ »Ý: γ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ï»ëɳϳÝÝ ¿ ³é³Ýó µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý ù³Õ³ù³óÇ³Ï³Ý Ñ³ë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ áõݻݳÉÁ` ѳë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ, áñï»Õ å»ïáõÃÛáõÝÁ Ïϳé³í³ñ»Ý ÅáÕáíñ¹³í³ñ³Ï³Ý ³ñÅ»ùÝ»ñ ÏñáÕ ³ÝÓÇÝù, Ù³ñ¹ÇÏ, áíù»ñ ѳñ·áõÙ »Ý ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ñ³í³ë³ñáõÃÛ³Ý ·³Õ³÷³ñ³ËáëáõÃÛáõÝÁ ¨ ³ç³ÏóáõÙ ¹ñ³ ѳëï³ïÙ³ÝÁ, ѳë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝ, áñï»Õ ϳݳÝó ѳݹ»å µéÝáõÃÛáõÝÁ ï»Õ ãáõÝÇ: γ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ ³í»ÉÇÝ ÇٳݳÉáõ ѳٳñ ½ñáõó»óÇÝù в´ ·áñͳ¹Çñ ïÝûñ»Ý ²Ýݳ ÜÇÏáÕáëÛ³ÝÇ Ñ»ï:
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Society Without Violence NGO was founded in 2001 by Anna Arutshyan and Nonna Arutshyan, who are currently trustees of the NGO. The vision of SWV is to have civil society without violence, society where the country will be governed by people adherent to true democracy values, people who respect and promote gender equality, society where there will be no space for violence against women. Aiming to learn more about the organization, we have talked to the executive director of “Society Without Violence” NGO Anna Nikoghosyan.
- à±ñÝ ¿ Ó»ñ ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ³é³ù»ÉáõÃÛáõÝÁ: Ø»ñ ³é³ù»ÉáõÃÛáõÝÝ ¿ ÏÇë»É Ù»ñ ·Çï»ÉÇùÝ»ñÁ, ÷áñÓÁ ¨ ÑÙïáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ å³ßïå³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý áÉáñïáõÙ, ÏñÃ»É »ñÇï³ë³ñ¹ ϳݳÝó áõ ³ÕçÇÏÝ»ñÇÝ áõ Ý»ñßÝã»É` ÉÇÝ»Éáõ ³ÏïÇí »ñÏñÇ ù³Õ³ù³Ï³Ï³Ý, ëáódzɳϳÝ, Ùß³ÏáõÛóÛÇÝ ÏÛ³ÝùáõÙ, ù³ç³É»ñ»É Ýñ³Ýó ¹³éݳÉáõ ³é³çÝáñ¹Ý»ñ, ÏÇÝ Çñ³í³å³ßïå³ÝÝ»ñ: Ø»ñ ³é³ù»ÉáõÃÛáõÝÝ ¿ ݳ¨ å³Ûù³ñ»É ÁÝï³Ý»Ï³Ý áõ ÁݹѳÝñ³å»ë ϳݳÝó Ýϳïٳٵ µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý ¹»Ù, ù³ç³É»ñ»É, á·»ßÝã»É ϳݳÝó áõ ³ÕçÇÏÝ»ñÇÝ ÉÇÝ»É ³í»ÉÇ ³½³ï áõ ³ÏïÇí ¨ å³Ûù³ñ»É Çñ»Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Ñ³Ù³ñ: öáñÓáõÙ »Ýù ݳ¨ ÏÇÝ Çñ³í³å³ßïå³ÝÝ»ñÇ ÇÝëïÇïáõï ÑÇÙݳ¹ñ»É áõ ѳí³ù³·ñ»É ³ÏïÇí ϳݳÝó Ù»ñ ³é³ù»ÉáõÃÛ³Ý ßáõñç: - Ò»ñ ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³Ý ÑÇÙùáõ٠DZÝã ÷ÇÉÇëá÷³ÛáõÃÛáõÝ ¿ ÁÝϳÍ: Ø»ñ ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³Ý ÑÇÙùáõÙ ý»ÙÇÝÇëï³Ï³Ý ÷ÇÉÇëá÷³ÛáõÃÛáõÝÝ ¿, ѳñ·³ÝùÁ ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ñ³í³ë³ñáõÃÛ³Ý, Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Ýϳïٳٵ, ¨ å³Ûù³ñÁ ѳÝáõÝ ÅáÕáíñ¹³í³ñáõÃÛ³Ý: ü»ÙÇÝǽÙÝ ³Ûë ³Ù»ÝÝ Çñ Ù»ç Ý»ñ³éáõÙ ¿: ²ë»Éáí ý»ÙÇÝÇëï³Ï³Ý ³ñÅ»ùÝ»ñ` ÝϳïÇ áõÝ»Ýù Ùáï»óáõÙ, áñï»Õ ϳݳÛù ϳñ¨áñ ¹»ñ áõÝ»Ý áõ ·Çï³ÏóáõÙ »Ý Çñ»Ýó ¹»ñÝ áõ å³Ûù³ñáõÙ »Ý Çñ»Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Ñ³Ù³ñ: - à±ñÝ ¿ Ó»ñ ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³Ý ß³ñÅÇã áõÅÁ: Þ³ñÅÇã áõÅÁ ³ÏÇíǽÙÝ áõ ³ÝÝÏáõÝ á·ÇÝ ¿, ÇÝãå»ë ³ë»É ¿ ê»ñµÇ³ÛÇó 먳½·»ëï ϳݳÝó ó³ÝóÇ ÙÇ Ý»ñϳ۳óáõóÇã` ó³Ýϳó³Í ³Ý³ñ¹³ñáõÃÛáõÝ, Ëïñ³Ï³ÝáõÃÛáõÝ, áïݳѳñáõÙ ï»ëÝ»Éáõ ¹»åùáõÙ ÙÇßï ÉÇÝ»É
- What is the mission of your organization? The mission of the organization is to share our Human rights skills and knowledge with others, to educate and inspire young women and girls to be active in the political, social, cultural life of the republic, to empower women and girls to become leaders, woman human rights defenders. Our mission is also to fight against violence against women and domestic violence and to empower women to know and protect their human rights. We are also trying to establish an institution of women human rights defenders and we want to recruit active women and women in our mission. - What lies at the core of your philosophy? Our activities are based on feminist philosophy, gender equality and respect for human rights and the struggle for democracy. Feminism includes all of these. By saying feminist values, we mean an approach where women play an important role and are aware of their role and are fighting for their rights. - What is the driving force behind your organization? Activism and unyielding spirit is the driving force, as stated a representative of Serbian Women in Black network, when one sees
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ã»ÝóñÏíáÕ: Ø»ñ ϳñ·³ËáëÝ ¿` å³Ûù³ñ»É áõ ³ÝÝÏáõÝ ÉÇÝ»É, ÇÝãù³Ý ¿É ¹Åí³ñ ÉÇÝÇ: ØÛáõëÁ ÃÇÙ³ÛÇÝ á·ÇÝ ¿. ·áñÍáõÙ »Ýù áã û áñå»ë ³Ýѳï, ³ÛÉ áñå»ë ËáõÙµ: - ¶áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³Ý ÁÝóóùáõ٠DZÝã ¹Åí³ñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ »ù ѳݹÇå»É ¨ ѳݹÇåáõÙ, ÇÝãå»±ë »ù ÉáõÍáõÙ ¹ñ³Ýù: ²é³çÇÝ ¹Åí³ñáõÃÛáõÝÝ ³ÛÝ ¿, áñ ß³ï Ù³ñ¹ÇÏ ã»Ý ѳëϳÝáõÙ, û ÇÝãáí »Ýù ½µ³ÕíáõÙ, ÇÝãÇ Ñ³Ù³ñ ¿ ³Û¹ ³ß˳ï³ÝùÁ ϳñ¨áñ áõ Ù»½ åÇï³Ï³íáñáõÙ »Ý áñå»ë «ÁÝï³ÝÇù ù³Ý¹áÕÝ»ñ»: ²Û¹ ÇëÏ å³ï׳éáí Ù»ñ ͳí³É³Í ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³Ý ßñç³Ý³Ï³Ý»ñáõÙ Ù»Ýù Ùß³å»ë ÷áñÓáõÙ »Ýù ³é³çÇÝ Ñ»ñÃÇÝ Ù³ñ¹Ï³Ýó Çñ³½»Ï»É, û áíù»ñ »Ýù Ù»Ýù ¨ ÇÝã »Ýù ³ÝáõÙ: Ø»Ýù ÷áñÓáõÙ »Ýù Ù³ñ¹Ï³Ýó ï»Õ»Ï³óÝ»É, û ÇÝãáõ ¿ ϳñ¨áñ ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ñ³í³ë³ñáõÃÛáõÝÁ ¨ áñ ϳñ¨áñ ¿, áñ ϳݳÛù ³ÏïÇíáñ»Ý Ý»ñ·ñ³íí³Í ÉÇÝ»Ý µáÉáñ áÉáñïÝ»ñáõÙ: γñáÕ »Ù µ³½Ù³ÃÇí ûñÇݳÏÝ»ñ µ»ñ»É, û ÇÝãå»ë Ù»ñ ¹³ëÁÝóóÝ»ñÇ ¨ ë»ÙÇݳñÝ»ñÇ Ù³ëݳÏÇóÝ»ñÁ í³Ë»ó³Í ¿ÇÝ ¨ áõÝ»ÇÝ ÏóÏïáõñ å³ïÏ»ñ³óáõÙÝ»ñ ý»ÙÇÝǽÙÇ, ·»Ý¹»ñÇ ¨ ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ñ³í³ë³ñáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ, ë³Ï³ÛÝ ¹³ëÁÝóóÝ»ñÇ ³ñ¹ÛáõÝùáõ٠ѳëϳó»É »Ý ³Ù»Ý ÇÝã ¨ ³÷ëáëáõÙ ¿ÇÝ, áñ ÙÇÝã ³Û¹ Ù»ñÅáõÙ ¿ÇÝ ³Û¹ ·³Õ³÷³ñÝ»ñÁ: ºíë Ù»Ï ËáãÁݹáï ¿ Ñ»é³íáñáõÃÛáõÝÁ. ù³ÝÇ áñ »ñϳñ ï³ñÇÝ»ñ ³Ûó»ÉáõÙ »Ýù Ù³ñ½»ñ, ë³Ñ³Ý³Ù»ñÓ ·ÛáõÕ»ñ, ÷áùñ ù³Õ³ù³Ý»ñ, ÉÇÝáõÙ »Ý ¹»åù»ñ, »ñµ ï³ùëáõ í³ñáñ¹Á Ññ³Å³ñíáõÙ ¿ ù³Õ³ùÇó ·ÛáõÕ ï³Ý»É` ³ÝÙËÇóñ ׳ݳå³ñÑÝ»ñÇ å³ï׳éáí: - à±ñÝ ¿ ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ³Ù»Ý³Ù»Í Ýí³×áõÙÁ: ²Ù»Ý³Ù»ÍÝ ³ë»ÉÁ ¹Åí³ñ ¿: ²Ù»Ý³Ù»Í Ýí³×áõÙÝ»ñÇó Ù»ÏÁ ³Ûë 13 ï³ñÇÝ»ñÇ ÁÝóóùáõ٠г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ ³Ûó»É³Í ·ÛáõÕ»ñÝ áõ Ù³ñ½»ñÝ »Ý, ѳ½³ñ³íáñ Ù³ñ¹Ï³Ýó Ñ»ï ³ß˳ïÝùÇ ÷áñÓÝ ¿: ØÛáõë Ýí³×áõÙÝ ³ÛÝ ¿, áñ ÷áñÓáõÙ »Ýù ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ ÏñÃáõÃÛáõÝÁ áã
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any injustice, discrimination, prejudice he/she shouldn’t be obedient. Our slogan is to fight and be strong, no matter how difficult it will be. The other slogan is to feel the team dynamic that we are acting not as an individual but as a group.
- What difficulties you encountered during you activities and how you solved them? The first difficulty that we face is that people most of the time don’t have any idea what we are doing and they start to label us as “family destroyers”. That is why during our activities we are always trying to raise awareness about who we are and what we do. We are trying letting people know that gender equality is important and why is it important to have active women in all spheres. I can bring a lot of examples how participants of our trainings and workshops told that they were afraid and had very distorted ideas about what is feminism, gender and gender equality, but afterwards they understood everything and were regretting their denial. The other difficulty that we are facing is the distance, because we are visiting regions, villages close to borders, small cities and many times the taxi drivers are refusing to get us there because of the comfortless roads which are incompatible for driving. - What is the greatest achievement of your organization? It is hard to say which is the greatest but one of the achievement we had during these 13 years
ÙdzÛÝ ýáñÙ³É, ³ÛÉ Ý³¨ áã ýáñÙ³É ÏñÃáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ë ¹³ñÓÝ»É Ð³Û³ëï³ÝáõÙ: ²ñ¹»Ý »ñÏáõ ï³ñÇ ¿, ÇÝã Ù»Ýù ³ß˳ïáõÙ »Ýù Ý»ñ¹Ý»É ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ µ³Õ³¹ñÇãÁ ¹åñáó³Ï³Ý áõëáõÙÝ³Ï³Ý åɳÝ` ѳë³ñ³Ï³·ÇïáõÃÛ³Ý ³é³ñϳÛÇ ßñç³Ý³ÏÝ»ñáõÙ, áõ »Ã» ³Û¹ ÇÝï»·ñ³óÇ³Ý ÉÇÝÇ, »ë Ïѳٳñ»Ù ³Û¹ å³ÑÇÝ Ù»ñ ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ³Ù»Ý³Ù»Í Ýí³×áõÙÁ: Ø»Ï ³ÛÉ Ýí³×áõÙ ¿, áñ Ù»Ýù áñáß ù³ÛÉ»ñ ϳñáÕ³ó³Ýù ³Ý»É` Ýå³ëï»Éáõ ϳݳÝó ¹»ñÇ µ³ñÓñ³óÙ³ÝÁ ˳ճճßÇÝáõÃÛ³Ý ¨ ÏáÝýÉÇÏïÝ»ñÇ Ñ³ÕóѳñÙ³Ý áÉáñïáõÙ: - ƱÝã ËáñÑáõñ¹ Ïï³ù Ó»ñ ÁÝûñóáÕÝ»ñÇÝ, áíù»ñ Ñ»ï³ùñùñí³Í »Ý Ó»ñ ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³Ùµ: سñ¹Ï³Ýó, áíù»ñ Ñ»ï³ùñùñí³Í »Ý ³ÏïÇíǽÙáí, ѳÝáõÝ ³ñ¹³ñáõÃÛ³Ý å³Ûù³ñáí, ϳݳÝó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñáí ϳ٠·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ ÑÇÙݳËݹÇñÝ»ñáí, ËáÑáõñ¹ Ïï³Ù, ³Ý¹³Ù³·ñí»É áÉáñïáõÙ ·áñͳéÝáÕ áñ¨¿ ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý ¨ ¹³éÝ³É ÃÇÙÇ Ù³ë: γ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÝ ³Ûëûñ ³ÏïíǽÙáí ¨ Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Ñ³Ù³ñ å³Ûù³ñáÕ Ù³ñ¹Ï³Ýó å³Ï³ë áõÝ»Ý. Ýñ³Ýù ùá ϳñÇùÝ áõÝ»Ý: ä»ïù ¿ ÙdzëÇÝ ¨ ÙdzëÝ³Ï³Ý ³ß˳ï»É` ï»ëÝ»Éáõ ³ÛÝ ÷á÷áËáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ, áñ ó³ÝϳÝáõÙ »Ýù:
of existence is the experience that we had in the villages and regions of Armenia where we had worked with thousands of people. Another achievement is that we are trying to make the gender education part of both formal and non-formal curriculum in Armenia. It has been 2 years that we are working on that the gender component will be included in humanitarian studies of the school curriculum, if we achieve that integration, I will be sure that it is our greatest achievement. Another achievement of ours is that we enhanced women’s activism and active participation in peace building processes and conflict resolution. - What advice would you give to your readers who are interested in your organization’s activities? I would advice to the individuals who are interested in activism and fight for justice, women’s rights and gender equality, to contact any organization of this field and be part of the team. The organizations have a serious lack of people involved in activism and fight for human rights, so they need you! We need to work together and be united in order to see the changes we want to make.
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Nelli Arakelyan
ë»é³Ï³Ý ³éáÕçáõÃÛáõÝ sexual health
ÆÝãÁ ³Ùáà 㿠What is not shameful
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Narine Nersisian, a doctor in the sexology clinic of the Medical University and an employee of sexology department, is talking about Armenian myths connected with sex, as well as sexual education, existing issues and the ways of overcoming them. - With what issues and problems are you being addressed the most? Men are addressing me for erection dysfunction while women with Vaginismus. Those are the most common issues in my practice, although, there are no relevant statistics conducted about this issue on the national level. - What is it connected with? I can say that there are no professionals who would not only study but would also raise the importance of the question. - There is a common understanding that people in Armenia, especially young people, are not informed on the topic of sexual health. Is it like that? Yes, we have that problem. This is again connected with the lack of professionals. The child is
ÌÝí³Í ûñí³ÝÇó: ºñ»Ë³Ý ÍÝí³Í ûñí³ÝÇó áõëáõÙݳëÇñáõÙ, ׳ݳãáõÙ ¿ Çñ»Ý ßñç³å³ïáÕ ³ß˳ñÑÁ, ÇëÏ ë»é³Ï³Ý ѳñ³µ»ñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ ³Û¹ ³ß˳ñÑÇ ÙÇ Ù³ëÝ »Ý: ´Ý³Ï³Ý ¿, áñ Ûáõñ³ù³ÝãÛáõñ »ñ»Ë³ÛÇ Ùáï ѳñó»ñ »Ý ³é³ç³ÝáõÙ, ëÏë³Í ³Ù»Ý³Ñ³ë³ñ³ÏÇó` ÇÝãá±õ ¿ ³Õçϳ áõ ïÕ³ÛÇ Ù³ñÙÇÝÁ ï³ñµ»ñ: ²é³çÇÝ ÏñÃáÕÝ»ñÁ Ñ»Ýó ÍÝáÕÝ»ñÝ »Ý, ¨ ß³ï ϳñ¨áñ ¿, áñå»ë½Ç Ýñ³Ýù »ñ»Ë³ÛÇÝ Ñ³ë³Ý»ÉÇ É»½íáí, µ³Ûó ³é³Ýó ˳µ»Éáõ å³ï³ëË³Ý»Ý Ýñ³ ѳñó»ñÇÝ: âÇ Ï³ñ»ÉÇ »ñ»Ë³ÛÇÝ í³Ë»óÝ»É, ³Ù³ã»óÝ»É, ù³ÝÇ áñ Ýñ³ ѳñó»ñÝ ¿É á°ã í³Ë»Ý³Éáõ »Ý, á°ã ³Ù³ã»Éáõ, ß³ï µÝ³Ï³Ý »Ý: ºÃ» »ñ»Ë³Ý ×Çßï Ó¨áí ¿ ëï³ÝáõÙ ³é³çÇÝ, ÑÇÙݳñ³ñ ÇÝýáñÙ³ódzÝ, ³å³ ¨ ѻﳷ³ ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏñÃáõÃÛáõÝÁ µÝ³Ï³ÝáÝ ÑáõÝáí ÏÁÝóݳ, ÇëÏ ß³ï áõ ß³ï ËݹÇñÝ»ñ å³ñ½³å»ë ã»Ý ͳ·Ç: - Êáë»Éáí ËݹÇñÝ»ñÇ Ù³ëÇÝ` г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ µáõÅí»ÉÁ éÇëϳÛÇ±Ý ¿: ´áÉáñáíÇÝ: ÆÝã í»ñ³µ»ñáõÙ ¿ åñ³ÏïÇÏ µÅÁßÏáõÃÛ³ÝÁ, ³å³ г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ áÉáñïÁ ³í»ÉÇ ½³ñ·³ó³Í ¿, ù³Ý ß³ï áõ ß³ï ³ÛÉ »ñÏñÝ»ñáõÙ: ÊݹÇñ ϳ ÙdzÛÝ ³ÛÝ µ³ÝÇ Ñ»ï, áñ Ù»Ýù ãáõÝ»Ýù ë»ùëáÉá·Ý»ñ Ù³ñ½»ñáõÙ, ÙdzÛÝ ÙÇ Ù³ëݳ·»ï ¿ ³ß˳ïáõÙ ¶ÛáõÙñÇáõÙ ¨ í»ñç: ²ÛëÇÝùÝ Ù³ñ½»ñáõÙ µÝ³ÏíáÕ ÑÇí³Ý¹Ý»ñÁ ëïÇåí³Í »Ý ºñ¨³Ý ·³É µÅßÏÇ ¹ÇÙ»Éáõ ѳٳñ: - ²ñ¹Ûá±ù Ó»½ ¹ÇÙáõÙ »Ý ÝáõÛݳë»é³Ï³Ý Ù³ñ¹Çù: ²Ûá: ´³Ûó ï³ñ³Íí³Í ϳñÍÇùÇÝ Ñ³Ï³é³Ï` ã»Ý ·³ÉÇë Çñ»Ýó ÏáÕÙÝáñáßáõÙÁ ÷áË»Éáõ: ÐÇÙݳϳÝáõÙ ³Ù»Ý³µ³ñ¹ ųٳݳÏÁ ÇÝùݳÁÝϳÉÙ³Ý, ÇÝùݳ·Çï³ÏóÙ³Ý Å³Ù³Ý³ÏÝ ¿: ¸Åµ³Ëï³µ³ñ, ÑáÙáýᵠѳë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛáõÝáõÙ ÝáõÛݳë»é³Ï³Ý Ù³ñ¹áõ Ûáõñ³ù³ÝãÛáõñ ËݹÇñ ϳåíáõÙ ¿ Ýñ³ ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏáÕÙÝáñáßÙ³Ý Ñ»ï: ê³ ß³ï ëË³É Ùáï»óáõÙ ¿: Úáõñ³ù³ÝãÛáõñ Ù³ñ¹` ³ÝÏ³Ë Çñ ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏáÕÙÝáñáßáõÙÇó, ϳñáÕ ¿ áõÝ»Ý³É ¨° ¹»åñ»ëdzݻñ, ¨° ëáõÇóǹ³É Ùïù»ñ, ¨° ß³ï áõñÇß ËݹÇñÝ»ñ: - γñÍÇù ϳ, áñ Ù³ñ¹ÇÏ Ëáõë³÷áõÙ »Ý µÅßÏÇ ¹ÇÙ»É, áñáíÑ»ï¨ ë»é³Ï³Ý ËݹÇñ áõݻݳÉÁ
not receiving any accurate information provided in a competent form neither at home nor at school. The sex educator is a common profession abroad; those are the people who teach sex education. The sexuality is a very complicated theme and each word is important. That is why the sexual education can’t be taught by random people; there is a need for professionals. - When does the sexual education of the child begin? It begins since his/her birth. The child is learning and recognizing its surroundings, so are the sexual relations, which are part of that world. It is natural that every child starts asking questions even the simple ones; why are female and male bodies different from each other? The first educators are parents and it is important that they answer his/her questions in an accessible language and without lying. It is wrong to scare the child, make her/him feel ashamed, because those questions are not something shameful or wrong but they are very natural. If the child gets the basic information in a right way then her/his sexual education will continue with its normal path, and many problems simply will not arise in the future. - Talking about problems, is it risky to get treated in Armenia? No, it is not risky at all. In the sense of the practical medicine, the field is more advanced than in many other countries. There is only an issue with lack of professionals in the regions; for example there is only one professional working in city Gyumri and that’s it. It means the patients from the regions are forced to come to Yerevan in order to visit a doctor. - Are there any homosexual individuals that are addressing you? Yes, but contrary to popular opinion, they do not come to change their orientation. Mainly the hardest period for them is their self realization and understanding of their own sexuality. Unfortunately in homophobic society each problem of a homosexual person is being linked to her/his sexual ori-
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entation. This is a wrong approach, because each individual regardless of their sexual orientation can have depression, suicidal thoughts and many other thoughts as well as problems. - It is believed that people avoid visiting a doctor because having a problem related to sexual health is considered as something shameful. It is connected with the culture. We are a traditional society, because our nation is small. Small nations have to be more conservative and traditional in order to keep their identities. Nevertheless, those traditions are not stones and they have to change and adapt to the given era and lifestyle. Each tradition is a complex of phenomenas and rules. The virginity tradition is the same way, so, many years before young girls aged 14 had to be virgins in order to get married. That is for 17th century, but what about now? How many girls do you know that are getting married at 14? As a result we kept this distorted understanding of a tradition and we keep putting pressure on women who are 25-30 to stay virgins, which can actually become a health issue. By this tradition we are not keeping an identity but we are abusing and humiliating women’s bodies. Many this kind of distorted traditions are becoming a ground for many myths and stereotypes, which are bringing inappropriate attitudes towards a real and existing issue. - What kinds of myths exist in our reality? There are actually many myths and are not only common in our society but also elsewhere. One of the common myths in contemporary Armenian society is the myth of “Saint Mariam and the prostitute”, which means that women are divided into two types: one type is for pleasure, who men will not marry ever and the type that is for marriage, who are appropriate candidates as wives. I think this is only complicating our lives, because you can marry, love, have sex and children with the same woman without necessarily labeling her.
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Karine Khazaryan
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Every time I go to a beauty salon, no matter how I look they have always something very “important” to do about me, to make me look “normal”. If my hair is straight they need to make it curly and whenever they are curly they definitely need to be straightened, otherwise I simply look “unbearable”. The natural beauty we, as humans, posses, no matter which part of our body it is, hair, nails, skin, body shape, everything needs to be altered once you enter a beauty salon. “That’s simple” one would say, “that’s because the beauty industry needs to convince you that something is always wrong about you (all most of the things) and that’s how they make money. It’s business!” Yes, I would agree with that, but WHY, WHY do I myself go to these beauty salons and let them convince me that something is always wrong with my appearance and it needs to be fixed. And then voluntarily I pay them and go home, for returning after a week again looking and feeling “not good enough”. The answer, of course, is not simple and lies in many causes, and I would like to speak about one of them- the power of media and advertising. Advertising is used for selling various products and services to people, but most of the time it also “sells” a way of life, beauty standards, which effect how we think about ourselves and the world around. It is not a secret that the advertising busi-
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ness very often portrays images of young women in order to get people’s attention and sell something. And doing this advertising creates and strengthens existing gender roles and stereotypes, in particular the ones which portray women as beauty and sex objects with unrealistic beauty standards (very often with altered images of models through computer technology). Feminist researchers in different countries have discussed the problem that advertising very often uses traditional gender roles and stereotypes and portrays women in a limited way: either showing them as beauty or sex objects or as housewives and shopaholics. It lacks diversity of female portrayal: diversity of settings and location, occupation and physical features. To explore the advertising in Armenia and its portrayal of women a group of researchers conducted a research in summer 2012. Here are some key findings from the research: . 78% of female characters portrayed in monthly magazine advertisements belong to the “young” age group (below the age of 30). . Only 10% of women characters portrayed in magazine ads are of a “medium size” body complexion. . Only in 6% of magazine advertising women are shown in a working environment. . Out of 680 observed magazine advertisements there is only one advertisement where a woman is shown working in the office. . In Armenian TV advertisements we see more female characters belonging to the “middle” age group (30-50 years old), but still the number is quite small, only 20%. . In Armenian TV ads 15% of female primary characters are shown at home, while only 12% are located in the office. . 81% of examined TV advertisements had a male voice as a narrator, while 81% of female primary characters don’t talk at all. . Only in 8 cases the woman’s arguments were factual and concrete.
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¿` Áݹ³Ù»ÝÁ 20%: . гÛÏ³Ï³Ý Ñ»éáõëï³ï»ë³ÛÇÝ ·áí³½¹Ý»ñáõÙ ÏÇÝ ·É˳íáñ Ñ»ñáëÝ»ñÇ 15%-Á å³ïÏ»ñí³Í ¿ ï³ÝÁ, ¨ ÙdzÛÝ 12%-Ý ¿ ·ïÝíáõÙ ·ñ³ë»ÝÛ³ÏáõÙ: . лéáõëï³ï»ë³ÛÇÝ ·áí³½¹Ý»ñÇ 81%-áõÙ ËáëݳÏÇ Ó³ÛÝÁ ïÕ³Ù³ñ¹áõ Ó³ÛÝ ¿, ÙÇÝã¹»é ÏÇÝ ·É˳íáñ Ñ»ñáëÝ»ñÇ 81%-Á ³éѳë³ñ³Ï ãÇ ËáëáõÙ: . ØdzÛÝ 8 ¹»åù»ñáõÙ ¿ ÏÝáç ËáëùÁ ÷³ëï³ñÏí³Í ¨ ÏáÝÏñ»ï: ÐÇÙÝ³Ï³Ý ËݹÇñÝ»ñÁ (·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ ï»ë³ÝÏÛáõÝÇó), áñ µ³ó³Ñ³Ûï»óÇÝù` ѻﳽáï»Éáí ϳݳÝó å³ïÏ»ñáõÙÁ ·áí³½¹Ý»ñáõÙ, Ñ»ï¨Û³ÉÝ »Ý. ¶»Õ»óÏáõÃÛ³Ý ûµÛ»Ïï - ²Ûë ïÇåÇ ·áí³½¹Ý»ñáõÙ ÏÇÝÁ å³ïÏ»ñí³Í ¿ áñå»ë §Ýϳñ¦, §·»Õ»óÇÏ å³ïÏ»ñ¦, ݳ ½µ³Õí³Í ã¿ áñ¨¿ ·áñÍáÕáõÃÛ³Ùµ, å³ñ½³å»ë å³ëÇí ϳݷݳÍ/Ýëï³Í/å³éÏ³Í ¿ ·áí³½¹íáÕ ³åñ³ÝùÇ ÏáÕùÁ ¨ óáõó³¹ñáõÙ ¿ Çñ ·»Õ»óÏáõÃÛáõÝÁ: ÐÇÙÝ³Ï³Ý ß»ßïÁ ¹ñíáõÙ ¿ ÏÝáç ³ñï³ùÇÝÇ íñ³, ÙÇÝã¹»é ³ÙµáÕçáõÃÛ³Ùµ ³Ýï»ëí³Í »Ý Ýñ³ Ù³ëݳ·Çï³Ï³Ý ½µ³Õí³ÍáõÃÛáõÝÁ, µÝ³íáñáõÃÛáõÝÁ, Ñ»ï³ùñùñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ ¨ ³ÛÉ ï»Õ»ÏáõÃÛáõÝ: Ðñ³åáõñ³ÝùÇ/ë»ùëáõ³É ûµÛ»Ïï - ²Ûë ïÇåÇ ·áí³½¹Ý»ñáõÙ ÏÝáç ë»ùëáõ³ÉáõÃÛáõÝÁ û·ï³·áñÍíáõÙ ¿ ³åñ³Ýù í³×³é»Éáõ ¨ ·Ýáñ¹Ç áõß³¹ñáõÃÛáõÝÁ ·ñ³í»Éáõ ѳٳñ: ÎÇÝÁ Ý»ñϳ۳óíáõÙ ¿ µ³ó ѳ·áõëïáí, Ù³ñÙÝÇ ·³ÛóÏÕÇã Ï»óí³Íùáí ¨ ¹»ÙùÇ ë»ùëáõ³É ³ñï³Ñ³ÛïáõÃÛ³Ùµ: üñ³·Ù»Ýï³ódz - ¶áí³½¹áõ٠ѳïáõÏ ß»ßïíáõÙ »Ý ÏÝáç Ù³ñÙÝÇ áñáß³ÏÇ Ñ³ïí³ÍÝ»ñ, (ûñÇÝ³Ï ßáõñûñÁ, ÏáõñÍùÁ ϳ٠áïù»ñÁ) ÙÇÝã¹»é ÏÝáç ¹»ÙùÁ ÁݹѳÝñ³å»ë ãÇ »ñ¨áõÙ: ²é³ñϳ۳óáõÙ - γݳÛù å³ïÏ»ñíáõÙ »Ý ûµÛ»ÏïÝ»ñÇ, ϻݹ³ÝÇÝ»ñÇ ï»ëùáí ϳÙ, ûñÇݳÏ, áñå»ë ÇÝï»ñÇ»ñÇ µ³ÕϳóáõóÇã Ù³ë: ÎÝáç ëáõµáñ¹Çݳódz - ´³½Ù³ÃÇí ·áí³½¹Ý»ñáõÙ ïÕ³Ù³ñ¹ÇÏ å³ïÏ»ñíáõÙ »Ý ¹áÙÇݳÝï ¹ÇñùáõÙ` ¹»ÙùÇ íëï³Ñ ³ñï³Ñ³ÛïáõÃÛ³Ùµ, ݳ˳ӻéÝáÕ, ÇÝùݳíëï³Ñ Ï»ñå³ñáõÙ, ÙÇÝã¹»é ϳݳÛù Ý»ñϳ۳óíáõÙ »Ý ÃáõÛÉ, ³Ýå³ßïå³Ý, §ïÕ³Ù³ñ¹Ï³Ýó ³ß˳ñÑÇ Ù³ë¦` ëï»ÕÍí³Í
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The main problems (from gender perspective) revealed when studying women portrayal in advertising are: Beauty objectification - the woman is shown only as a “picture”, she is not engaged in any kind of action, and is passively standing/sitting/leaning next to the advertised product and is showing off her beauty. Woman’s appearance is what matters most, and we don’t get any information about her work, career, character or passions. Sexual objectification - in these kinds of ads female sexuality is used to attract viewers’ attention and sell products. Female character is shown in revealing clothes, with seductive, inviting body language and face expression. Fragmentation - in these ads sexualized body parts of women are used to attract customers, such as lips or breast. Objectification - in some ads this “method” was used, when women were shown as animals, objects, parts of objects or pieces of interior. Women subordination - in many ads men are shown as dominant, as authorities, which is done by face expression (confident and secure), body language or role distribution, while women are portrayed as part of “men’s world” to satisfy them, serve and make their life comfortable. Housewives - often in ads women are portrayed at home, as if in their “natural place”, looking relaxed, happy, busy with housework, taking care of children and their husbands and feeling pleased with fulfilling their “main” function as a woman. Shopaholics - women are shown as if addicted to shopping.
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So as we can see Armenian advertising lacks a diversity of images when portraying women: we don’t see women in working environment, shown as professionals, as leaders, active characters; rather women are mostly portrayed in passive manner showing off their physical beauty and no hint of any other association, such as a job, hobby, and passion. As it is said “You can’t be what you can’t see”, thus if one sees only certain types of women on TV, on billboard, in magazines, it shapes the view of what a woman can or should be in a certain way, which in case of Armenian advertising is someone quite passive and boring, to be honest. To alter the situation the research group came up with some recommendations on how to create a more gender-sensitive advertising, in particular: Advertising is an important block in the world called “media”, which tells us many things, among them “go to salon, and make yourself “beautiful” and if we manage to change it or at least see it through gender-sensitive lenses, we won’t end in a beauty salon spending lots of money and still thinking that “we are never good enough”. Lilit Grigoryan
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ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Çñ³íÇ׳ÏÁ г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ. ï³ñ»Ï³Ý ½»ÏáõÛó 2013 Annual review of human rights situation of LGBT people in Armenia 2013 2014 Ãí³Ï³ÝÇ ³åñÇÉÇÝ öÆÜø ²ñÙ»ÝÇ³Ý Ññ³å³ñ³Ï»ó ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Çñ³¹ñáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ Çñ ï³ñ»Ï³Ý ½»ÏáõÛóÁ: ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ Ë³ËïÙ³Ý ¹»åù»ñÁ 2013 Ãí³Ï³ÝÇÝ ¨ë ß³ï Ùï³Ñá·Çã »Ý »Õ»É: ʳËïáõÙÝ»ñÁ ɳÛݳͳí³É »Ý ¨ Áݹ·ñÏáõÙ »Ý ѳë³ñ³Ï³Ï³Ý ÏÛ³ÝùÇ ·ñ»Ã» µáÉáñ áÉáñïÝ»ñÁ: ÀÝï³ÝÇùÁ, ÏñÃ³Ï³Ý ¨ ³éáÕç³å³Ñ³Ï³Ý ѳëï³ïáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ, áëïÇϳÝáõÃÛáõÝÝ áõ ½ÇÝí³Í áõÅ»ñÁ ÑÇÙÝ³Ï³Ý áÉáñïÝ»ñÝ »Ý, áñï»Õ ˳ËïÁíáõÙ »Ý ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ÑÇÙݳñ³ñ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÁ: г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏáÕÙÝáñáßÙ³Ý ¨ ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ ÇÝùÝáõÃÛ³ÝÝ ³éÝãíáÕ ËݹÇñÝ»ñÁ ÑÇÙݳϳÝáõÙ ¹Çï³ñÏíáõÙ »Ý ÙÇÙdzÛÝ µ³ó³ë³Ï³Ý ï»ë³ÝÏÛáõÝÇó, ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ å³ßïå³ÝÝ»ñÁ ¹Çï³ñÏíáõÙ »Ý áñå»ë §³½·Ç ¹³í³×³ÝÝ»ñ¦, ÇëÏ È¶´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ý»ñϳ۳óÝáõÙ »Ý áñå»ë ѳë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛ³Ý ÃßݳÙÇÝ»ñ: ²ñ¹ÛáõÝùáõÙ, ѳë³ñ³Ï³Ï³Ý ÏÛ³ÝùÇ ó³Ýϳó³Í áÉáñï ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ѳٳñ ¹³éÝáõÙ ¿ Ëïñ³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý, ³ÝÙ³ñ¹Ï³ÛÇÝ ¨ ³ñųݳå³ïíáõÃÛáõÝÁ Ýë»Ù³óÝáÕ í»ñ³µ»ñÙáõÝùÇ, µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý ÏÇñ³éÙ³Ý í³Ûñ: ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ¨ Ýñ³Ýó ³ç³ÏÇóÝ»ñÇ Ýϳïٳٵ ×ÝßáõÙÝ»ñÁ ¹Çï³ñÏíáõÙ »Ý áñå»ë Ýáñ Ù³ñï³Ññ³í»ñÝ»ñ, áñáÝù, ë³Ï³ÛÝ, ¹»é¨ë ³ÙµáÕç³Ï³Ýáñ»Ý ѳϳ¹³ñÓí³Í ã»Ý: ä³ßïáݳï³ñ ³ÝÓ³Ýó ÏáÕÙÇó ³ñí³Í ѳÛï³ñ³ñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ ÙÇÙdzÛÝ Ýå³ëïáõÙ »Ý ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ áïݳѳñÙ³ÝÁ` ëï»ÕÍ»Éáí ³Ýå³ïÅ»ÉÇáõÃÛ³Ý ÙÃÝáÉáñï: êïáñ³·ñ³Í ÉÇÝ»Éáí ÙÇ ß³ñù Ñéã³Ï³·ñ»ñ ¨ ѳٳӳÛݳ·ñ»ñ` ³ÛÝáõ³Ù»Ý³ÛÝÇí ÐРϳé³í³-
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Éáõë³ÝϳñÁ` Üáñ³ γÛë»ñÛ³ÝÇ photo by Nora Kayseian In April, 2014 PINK Armenia NGO published its annual report on human rights situation of LGBT people in Armenia. Human rights violations of LGBT people remained of much concern during the year of 2013. Violations are widespread and cover almost all spheres of life. Family, educational institutions, healthcare institutions, police and military institutions are the main spheres where human rights of LGBT people are violated. Issues regarding sexual orientation and gender identity are usually approached from
ñáõÃÛáõÝÁ Ó³ËáÕ»É ¿ ѳëó»³·ñ»É ¨ ÉáõÍ»É ·»Ý¹»ñÇ ¨ ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏáÕÙÝáñáßÙ³Ý ÑÇÙùáí Ëïñ³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý Ñ³ñó»ñÁ: ²í»ÉÇÝ, í»ñçÇÝ Çñ³¹³ñÓáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ óáõÛó ïí»óÇÝ, áñ ѳë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛ³Ý Ù»ç ݳ¨ ³éϳ ËݹñÇ ßáõñç ·Çï»ÉÇùÝ»ñÇ µ³ó³Ï³ÛáõÃÛáõÝÁ ¨ ³Ûë ³Ù»ÝÇ Ñ»ï ϳåí³Í Çñ³½»Ïí³ÍáõÃÛáõÝÁ ϳÕáõÙ ¿: ²ñ¹ÛáõÝùáõÙ, ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó, ÇÝãå»ë ݳ¨ Ýñ³Ýó å³ßïå³ÝÝ»ñÇ Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÁ áïݳѳñíáõÙ »Ý ѳë³ñ³Ï³Ï³Ý ÏÛ³ÝùÇ ·ñ»Ã» µáÉáñ áÉáñïÝ»ñáõÙ: êáõÛÝ ½»ÏáõÛóÁ ³Ù÷á÷áõÙ ¿ ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ áïݳѳñÙ³Ý Ñ³ë³ñ³Ï³Ï³Ý ¨ ϳñ¨áñ ¹»åù»ñÁ, ÙÇçáó³éáõÙÝ»ñÁ, áñáÝù ï»ÕÇ »Ý áõÝ»ó»É 2013 Ãí³Ï³ÝÇÝ: سëݳíáñ³å»ë ½»ÏáõÛóáõÙ ³Ù÷á÷í³Í »Ý ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ áïݳѳñÙ³Ý, ÇÝãå»ë ݳ¨ ýǽÇÏ³Ï³Ý µéÝáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ ¹»åù»ñÁ, ȶ´î ѳñó»ñÇ Ù³ÝÇåáõÉÛ³óÇ³Ý µáÉáñ ÁÝïñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ Ý³ËÁÝïñ³Ï³Ý ¨ Ñ»ïÁÝïñ³Ï³Ý ù³ñá½³ñß³íÝ»ñÇ Å³Ù³Ý³Ï, ³Ýå³ïÅ»ÉÇáõÃÛ³Ý ÙÃÝáÉáñïÁ, ÇÝãå»ë ݳ¨ ³ñ¹³ñ ¹³ï³ùÝÝáõÃÛ³Ý Çñ³íáõÝùÇ Çñ³óÙ³Ý ·áñÍÁÝóóáõ٠ûñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ, ûñ»Ýë¹ñ³Ï³Ý ݳ˳ӻéÝáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ, ê÷ÛáõéùÇ Ý»ñ·ñ³íí³ÍáõÃÛáõÝÁ, ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ å³ßïå³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý ßáõñç ÙÇç³½·³ÛÇÝ Ï³½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ Ñ³ÝÓݳñ³ñ³Ï³ÝÝ»ñÁ, §¶»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ñ³í³ë³ñáõÃ۳ݦ ûñ»ÝùÇ ßáõñç ͳí³Éí³Í ÑÇëï»ñdzÝ, ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ý»ñ·ñ³íí³ÍáõÃÛáõÝÁ ³ÛÉ Ý³Ë³Ó»éÝáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñáõÙ, ÇÝãå»ë ¿ Ù»¹Ç³Ý Éáõë³µ³Ýáõ٠ȶ´î ѳñó»ñÁ, ÇÝãå»ë ݳ¨ ³éѳë³ñ³Ï ³Ý¹ñ³¹³ñÓ ¿ ³ñíáõÙ ÑáÙáýáµÇ³ÛÇÝ ¨ ïñ³ÝëýáµÇ³ÛÇ »ñ¨áõÛÃÝ»ñÇÝ: 2013Ã-Ç ÁÝóóùáõ٠г۳ëï³ÝÁ Ñ»ïÁÝÃ³ó ¿ ³åñ»É ѳݹáõñÅáճϳÝáõÃÛ³Ý ï»ë³ÝÏÛáõÝÇó, áñÁ å³ñµ»ñ³µ³ñ µ³ñÓñ³Ó³ÛÝí»É ¿, ¨ ³í»ÉÇÝ, Ó³ËáÕí»É ¿ ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ñ³í³ë³ñáõÃÛ³Ý ßáõñç Ó¨³íáñí³Í ѳٳ½·³ÛÇÝ µ³Ý³í»×Ç ÁÝóóùáõÙ: ØǨÝáõÛÝ Å³Ù³Ý³Ï, å»ï³Ï³Ý å³ßïáÝ۳ݻñÁ ÃáÕáõÃÛáõÝ »Ý ï³ÉÇë ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ýϳïٳٵ Çñ³Ï³Ý³óí³Í µéÝÇ ³ñ³ñùÝ»ñÇÝ` µÝáõó·ñ»Éáí µéÝáõÃÛáõÝÁ áñå»ë §³½·³ÛÇÝ ³ñÅ»ùÝ»ñǦ å³ßïå³ÝáõÃÛáõÝ:
a negative point of view, defenders of LGBT rights are considered as “traitors of the State”, and LGBT people are presented as enemies of the society. As a result, any sphere of social life is becoming a place for discrimination, degradation, and ill treatment and violence. The intimidating activities toward LGBT people and supporters are considered to be new challenges which were not countered in a comprehensive way. The statements of state officials contribute to human rights violations of LGBT people, creating an atmosphere of impunity. Despite being a signatory to several international declarations and conventions, the Government of Armenia has failed to address the issue of discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. Moreover recent events showed that there is also lack of knowledge among the society and a failure in awareness raising regarding these issues. As a result, human rights of LGBT people as well as their advocates are being violated in almost all spheres of life. The report summarizes public and highlighted cases of human rights violations of LGBT people and subsequent events in 2013. More particularly, it sums up offenses of physical, other type of human rights violations toward LGBT people, the manipulation of LGBT issues through authorities during each pre and post electoral campaign, the atmosphere of impunity and lacking in access to free and fair trial, the legislative initiatives, engagement of Diaspora, recommendations from international organizations on LGBT human rights protection, hysteria around “Gender equality” law, LGBT people in different street and public actions, how media is covering LGBT issues, and homophobia and transophobia in general. The report states that in 2013 Armenia has clearly slid backwards as intolerant views were voiced extensively, and indeed prevailed, during a national debate around gender equality. Government officials condone violent attacks against LGBT people, characterizing the violence as an expression of “traditional values.”
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ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ѳݹ»å ýǽÇÏ³Ï³Ý µéÝáõÃÛáõÝ È¶´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ýϳïٳٵ ýǽÇÏ³Ï³Ý µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý ¹»åù»ñÁ ÑÇÙݳϳÝáõÙ ÑÇÙÝí³Í »Ý ³ï»ÉáõÃÛ³Ý íñ³` å³Ûٳݳíáñí³Í ³ÝÓÇ ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏáÕÙÝáñáßٳٵ ¨/ϳ٠·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ ÇÝùÝáõÃÛ³Ùµ: ´áÉáñ ¹»åù»ñáõÙ µéÝáõÃÛáõÝÁ ݳ˳ӻéÝí»É ¨ Çñ³Ï³Ý³óí»É ¿ µéݳñ³ñÇ ÏáÕÙÇó, áñÝ áõÕ»Ïóí»É ¿ µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý ï³ñµ»ñ Ó¨»ñáí` Ý»ñ³éÛ³É Í»Í, Ù³ñÙÝ³Ï³Ý íݳëí³ÍùÇ å³ï׳éáõÙ, ½»ÝùÇ ·áñͳ¹ñٳٵ µéÝáõÃÛáõÝ, µéÝáõÃÛáõÝ ÏÇñ³é»Éáõ ëå³éݳÉÇù, µéÝáõÃÛáõÝ ãÏÇñ³é»Éáõ, ß³Ýï³ÅÇ, Ñ»ï³åÝ¹Ù³Ý ¨ ³ÛÉ Ó¨»ñ:
Physical violence towards LGBT people The offenses of physical violence towards LGBT people are mostly bias motivated, i.e. are based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity of an individual. Mostly all the cases have been the result of initiation of conflict by the perpetrators, as an illustration of the “belief” that being LGBT is wrong, which has been accompanied by various forms of violence, including but not restricted to battery, infliction of bodily damage, violence through use of weapons, threats of use of violence, blackmail for not harming a person, harassment, etc.
سñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ å³ßïå³Ý
Human Rights Ombudsman
§ÎáÙ³Û·áõ ³Ûɳë»ñí³ÍáõÃÛáõÝÁ í»ñ³óÝ»ÉÁ ³ÝÑñ³Å»ßï ¿. Ñݳñ³íáñ ¿. »íñáå³Ï³Ý ¿: ÜÙ³Ý ³Ûɳë»ñí³ÍáõÃÛáõÝÁ ³ÝÑñ³Å»ßï ¿ í»ñ³óÝ»É, ù³ÝÇ áñ ³ÛÝ áã ÙdzÛÝ ³Ýµ³ñáÛ³Ï³Ý ¿, ³Ûɨ ³ÝûñÇݳϳݦ,– ÐÐ Ù³ñ¹áõ Çñ³íáõÝùÝ»ñÇ å³ßïå³Ý γñ»Ý ²Ý¹ñ»³ëÛ³Ý:
Human Rights Ombudsman of Armenia, Karen Andreasyan, made a statement: “Perversion of Komaygi [cruising park] should be abolished. It is possible. It is European. [...]Such perversion should be abolished, as it is not only immoral, but also illegal.”
Public Officials: Hate Speech Promoters ä»ï³Ï³Ý å³ßïáÝ۳ݻñÁ ³ï»ÉáõÃÛ³Ý Ïáã»ñÇ ï³ñ³ÍáÕÝ»ñ §Ð³Û »ñÇï³ë³ñ¹áõÃÛáõÝÁ ÅáÕáíñ¹ÇÝ ³í»ÉÇ Ù»Í û·áõï Ïï³, »Ã» å³Ûù³ñÇ áã û ïñ³ÝëåáñïÇ áõÕ»í³ñÓÇ Ã³ÝϳóÙ³Ý, ³ÛÉ ë»é³Ï³Ý ÷áùñ³Ù³ëÝáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ ¹»Ù¦,– г۳ëï³ÝÇ Ð³Ýñ³å»ï³Ï³Ý Ïáõë³ÏóáõÃÛ³Ý ÷áËݳ˳·³Ñ, ÐÐÎ ËÙµ³ÏóáõÃÛ³Ý Õ»Ï³í³ñ ¶³Éáõëï ê³Ñ³ÏÛ³Ý:
“Armenian youth will bring more benefit to the people, if they fight against sexual minorities instead of fighting against transportation fare rise.” –Vicepresident of the Republican Party of Armenia, the head of RPA parliamentary faction Galust Sahakyan.
Üí³ñ¹ سñ·³ñÛ³Ý Nvard Margaryan
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Media Ø»¹Ç³ ¼ÈØ–Ý»ñáõÙ ÝáõÛݳë»é³Ï³Ý ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ù³ëÇÝ Ññ³å³ñ³ÏáõÙÝ»ñÁ ÑÇÙݳϳÝáõÙ Ù³ÝÇåáõÉÛ³óÇáÝ µÝáõÛà »Ý ÏñáõÙ, ï»Õ»Ï³ïíáõÃÛ³Ý Ï»ÕÍÙ³Ý ï³ñµ»ñ é³½Ù³í³ñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñ »Ý ÏÇñ³éíáõÙ, áñå»ë½Ç ³Û¹åÇëáí ÷á÷áË»Ý ÁÝûñóáÕÝ»ñÇ ÁÝϳÉáõÙÁ: гÛÏ³Ï³Ý Çñ³Ï³ÝáõÃÛáõÝáõÙ Ù»¹Ç³ÛÇ ï³ñµ»ñ ³ÕµÛáõñÝ»ñ Ñ³×³Ë ëï»ÕÍáõÙ »Ý Ï»ÕÍ å³ïÙáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñ, áñáÝù í»ñ³µ»ñáõÙ »Ý áñáß³ÏÇ ÙÇçáó³éáõÙÝ»ñÇ, áñáÝù ¹»é å»ïù ¿ ï»ÕÇ áõݻݳÝ, ϳ٠ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó Ù³ëݳíáñ ÏÛ³ÝùÇ Ù³ëÇÝ »Ý` ³é³ç³óÝ»Éáõ ëáóÇ³É³Ï³Ý É³ñí³ÍáõÃÛáõÝ, ÇÝãÝ ¿É Çñ Ñ»ñÃÇÝ ëï»ÕÍáõÙ ¿ ³ÝѳݷÁëïáõÃÛ³Ý ¨ ɳñí³ÍáõÃÛ³Ý ÙÇç³í³Ûñ ß³ï ȶ´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ѳٳñ: ȶ´î-ÇÝ ³éÝãíáÕ Ñá¹í³ÍÝ»ñÇ ï³Ï Ù»Ïݳµ³ÝáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÁ ß³ï Ñ³×³Ë ÏñáõÙ »Ý íÇñ³íáñ³Ï³Ý ¨ ѳÛÑá۳ϳÝ, ³ñųݳå³ïíáõÃÛáõÝÁ Ýë»Ù³óÝáÕ µÝáõÛÃ, ÇÝãå»ë ݳ¨ ϳñáÕ »Ý å³ñáõÝ³Ï»É áõÕÕ³ÏÇ ¨ áã áõÕÕ³ÏÇ ëå³éݳÉÇùÝ»ñ ȶ´î ѳٳÛÝùÇ Ñ³Ý¹»å. ¹ñ³Ýù ·ñ»Ã» »ñµ»ù ã»Ý ËÙµ³·ñíáõ٠ϳÛù»ñÇ ³¹ÙÇÝÇëïñ³ïáñÝ»ñÇ ÏáÕÙÇó:
гϳ-ȶ´î ûñ»Ýë¹ñáõÃÛ³Ý ³é³ç³ñÏÇ Ù³ëÇÝ ÐÛáõÙ³Ý ð³ÛÃë ìáïã ϳ½Ù³Ï»ñåáõÃÛ³Ý Ý³Ù³ÏÁ ÐРݳ˳·³ÑÇÝ Úáõñ³ù³ÝãÛáõñ ·áñÍáÕáõÃÛáõÝ, áñÁ Ïë³Ñٳݳ÷³ÏÇ È¶´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ³½³ï ³ñï³Ñ³ÛïáõÙÁ ϳ٠ÙÇáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñ ϳ½Ù»Éáõ ³½³ïáõÃÛáõÝÁ` ÑÇÙÝí³Í Ýñ³Ýó ë»é³Ï³Ý ÏáÕÙÝáñáßÙ³Ý ¨ ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ ÇÝùÝáõÃÛ³Ý íñ³, ѻﳷ³ÛáõÙ Çñ ³½¹»óáõÃÛáõÝÁ Ïáõݻݳ г۳ëï³ÝÇ Ï³é³í³ñáõÃÛ³Ý ³Ýѳٳå³ï³ë˳ÝáõÃÛ³ÝÁ Çñ ÏáÕÙÇó ëï³ÝÓÝ³Í å³ñï³íáñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇÝ` ËóݻÉáõ ѳݹáõñÅáճϳÝáõÃÛáõÝ È¶´î ³ÝÓ³Ýó ѳݹ»å ¨ ó³Ýϳó³Í ï»ë³ÏÇ Ëïñ³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý µ³ó³éáõÙ: ¸ñ³Ýáí Ýñ³Ýù ݳ¨ ÃáÕáõÃÛáõÝ »Ý ï³ÉÇë ÑáÙáýáµÇ³ÛÇ ¨ ïñ³ÝëýáµÇ³ÛÇ ï³ñ³ÍÙ³ÝÁ, ÇÝãÝ ¿É Ýå³ëïáõÙ ¿ ³ï»ÉáõÃÛ³Ý ¨ µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý Ùß³ÏáõÛÃÇ ï³ñ³ÍÙ³ÝÁ:
Media publications often manipulate the news using a variety of strategies that can alter the readers’ perception. In Armenian reality, different media sources often make up fake stories concerning events to take place or about private lives of LGBT people in order to make social tensions and disruption, which creates an atmosphere of unease and tension for many LGBT persons. Comments on articles on topics related to LGBT are abusive, degrading and often include direct or indirect threats towards members of LGBT community, however, they are never moderated by the websites’ administration.
Éáõë³ÝϳñÁ` 껹³ ¶ñÇ·áñÛ³ÝÇ (CivilNet) photo by Seda Grigoryan (CivilNet) Letter to Armenian President Regarding Proposal for Anti-LGBT Legislation from Human Rights Watch Any measures to limit LGBT peoples’ freedom of expression and assembly on the basis of their sexual or gender identity would further reflect the Armenian government’s noncompliance with its obligations to promote tolerance towards LGBT people and protect them against discrimination. They could also possibly condone homophobia and transphobia, which contributes to a climate of hatred and violence.
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Ø»Ýù áõ Ù»ñ Ù³ñÙÇÝÁ Our bodies, ourselves
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Judy Norsigian is currently the Executive Director of “Our Bodies, Ourselves”, the revolutionary women’s health and sexuality bestselling book. She is an internationally renowned speaker and writer on a wide range of women’s health concerns, including abortion and contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, genetics, and reproductive technologies. She has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs in the United States. We caught up with Judy during her most recent visit to Armenia and learned more about her and her groundbreaking work.
ÝÁ¦ ³ß˳ïáõÃÛ³Ý Ù»ç: Æñ³Ï³ÝáõÙ »ë ³ÛÝù³Ý ¿É ã¿Ç ·Çï³ÏóáõÙ ³éáÕç³å³Ñ³Ï³Ý ѳٳϳñ·áõ٠ϳݳÝó Ýϳïٳٵ Ëïñ³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý, ë»ùëǽÙÇ áõ Ñáí³Ý³íáñãáõÃÛ³Ý µ³í³Ï³ÝÇÝ Ù»Í ËݹÇñÁ: ºë ÑÇßáõÙ »Ù, û ÇÝãå»ë ¿Ç íÇñ³íáñí»É, »ñµ ÇÝã-áñ Ù»ÏÝ ÇÝÓ ËáñÑáõñ¹ ¿ñ ïí»É ãí»ñóÝ»É Ù³Ã»Ù³ïÇϳÛÇ ¨ ·ÇïáõÃÛ³Ý Ùñó³Ý³ÏÁ ÇÙ ³í³ñï³Ï³Ý ï³ñáõÙ, ù³ÝÇ áñ ³ñ³Ï³Ý ë»éÇ ³ÛÉ áõë³ÝáÕ, áí ݳ¨ ÇÙ ÁÝÏ»ñÝ ¿ñ, ã¿ñ ϳñáճݳ ÁݹáõÝí»É ¾Ù-²Û-ÂÇ, »Ã» ãëï³Ý³ñ ³Û¹ Ùñó³Ý³ÏÁ: ê³Ï³ÛÝ ³Û¹ ¹ÇïáÕáõÃÛáõÝÝ »ë ãÁݹáõÝ»óÇ áñå»ë ë»ùëÇëï³Ï³Ý, ãÝ³Û³Í Ñ³Ûñë ³ëáõÙ ¿ñ, áñ áõß³¹ñáõÃÛáõÝ ã¹³ñÓݻ٠¹ÇïáÕáõÃÛ³ÝÁ: лﳷ³ÛáõÙ »ë ·Çï³Ïó»óÇ, áñ ¹³ áã û å³ñ½³å»ë Ñ»ñÃ³Ï³Ý ¹ÇïáÕáõÃÛáõÝ ¿ñ, ³ÛÉ ë»ùëÇëï³Ï³Ý ѳë³ñ³ÏáõÃÛ³Ý Ñ³ëϳݳÉÇ ³ñ¹ÛáõÝù: - àñá±Ýù ¿ÇÝ ³ÛÝ Ù³ñï³Ññ³í»ñÝ»ñÁ ¨ ËáãÁݹáïÝ»ñÁ, áñáÝó ¸áõù µ³Ëí»É »ù` ÉÇÝ»Éáí Ý»ñ·ñ³íí³Í ϳݳÝó ³éáÕçáõÃÛ³Ý ¨ ë»é³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý áÉáñïáõÙ: Ø»Ýù ³åñáõÙ »Ýù »ñÏñáõÙ, áñï»Õ Ï³Ý »ñϳÏÇ ëï³Ý¹³ñïÝ»ñ, ¨ ãÝ³Û³Í ë»é³Ï³Ý µéÝáõÃÛ³Ý ³Ý¹ñ³¹³ñÓáõÙÝ»ñÁ Ù»½ ϳñáÕ »Ý ·ñáÑ»É ï³ñµ»ñ ³ÝÏÛáõÝÝ»ñÇó, ¹»é¨ë ï»ÕÇÝ ãÇ Ñ³Ù³ñíáõÙ áõëáõó³Ý»É Ù³ñ¹áõ ë»é³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ ¹åñáóÝ»ñáõÙ ¨/ϳ٠»Ï»Õ»óÇÝ»ñáõÙ: ¸ñ³Ýù Ñ»Ýó ³ÛÝ ï»Õ»ñÝ »Ý, Ç Ñ³í»ÉáõÙ ï³ÝÁ, áñï»Õ Ù»Ýù ϳñÇù áõÝ»Ýù ³éáÕç ë»é³Ï³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý ¨ Ù³ñ¹Ï³Ýó ѳñ³µ»ñáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ Ù³ëÇÝ Ë»É³ÙÇï ½ñáõÛóÝ»ñ áõݻݳÉá` ѳïϳå»ë ÇÝï»ñÝ»ïÇ ¹³ñ³ßñç³ÝáõÙ: ÆÝãå»ë ݳ¨, ³Ûëï»Õ Ñ³×³Ë ³éϳ »Ý ÝÛáõÃ³Ï³Ý ß³Ñ»ñ (ÇÝãåÇëÇÝ »Ý ¹»Õ³·áñÍ³Ï³Ý ³ñ¹Ûáõݳµ»ñáõÃÛáõÝÁ), áñ ÃÙñ³ÝÛáõûñÇ ¨ µÅßÏ³Ï³Ý ÁÝóó³Ï³ñ·»ñÇ Ù³ëÇÝ ï»Õ»Ï³ïíáõÃÛáõÝ, áñå»ë ϳÝáÝ, ãÇ Ñ³Õáñ¹áõÙ: ºí ß³ñáõݳÏíáõÙ »Ý û·ï³·áñÍí»É áñáß³ÏÇ åñ³ÏïÇϳݻñ (ûñÇÝ³Ï Ù³Ûñ³Ï³Ý ËݳÙùÇ áÉáñïáõÙ), áñáÝù ÑÇÙÝí³Í ã»Ý ·áÛáõÃÛáõÝ áõÝ»óáÕ É³í³·áõÛÝë ѳë³Ý»ÉÇ ÷áñÓ³éáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ íñ³: ²Û¹ ÇëÏ å³ï׳éáí »ñµ»ÙÝ ¹Åí³ñ ¿ ÉÇÝáõÙ ÏÇëí»É í»ñ³ñï³¹ñáÕ³Ï³Ý ³éáÕçáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ
- How did you get involved with “Our Bodies, Ourselves”? Through mutual friends, I met some of the women who had been involved with producing the first newsprint edition of the book and wanted to participate in the next edition by contributing a chapter on nutrition. I quickly became interested in all the other issues that are addressed in “Our Bodies, Ourselves” and it ended up becoming my major focus for the next 4 decades. The issues we addressed then (and now) are so important for women, girls, and families. - Were you involved in the feminist movement in the U.S? Not before I got involved with “Our Bodies, Ourselves”. I actually had little consciousness regarding discrimination against women and the rather vast problem of sexism and paternalism in the health care system. I do remember being offended when someone suggested that I shouldn’t have got the math and science award my senior year because another male student – who also happened to be a friend – might not get into MIT since he didn’t get the award. But I didn’t understand that remark as sexist—even my father told me to ignore the comment as “dumb.” Later, I realized that this was not just some random remark but an understandable product of a sexist society. - What were some of the challenges and struggles you’ve faced in the process of being involved with women’s health and sexuality? We live in a country with many double standards and even though images of sexual violence might assault us from many corners, it is still considered inappropriate to teach about human sexuality in our schools and/or churches. These are the very plac-
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ѻﳽáïáõÃÛáõÝÝ»ñÇ ³ñ¹ÛáõÝùÝ»ñáí, ù³ÝÇ áñ ³éϳ ¿ ¹ÇÙ³¹ñáõÃÛáõÝ` ³Û¹ ï»Õ»Ï³ïíáõÃÛáõÝÝ ³í»ÉÇ Ñ³Ýñ³ÛÇÝ ¹³ñÓÝ»Éáõ Ýϳïٳٵ: ºí »ñµ»ÙÝ µ³í³ñ³ñ Å³Ù³Ý³Ï ãÇ ÉÇÝáõÙ ùÝݳñÏíáÕ Ñ³ñóÇ ßáõñç ³í»ÉÇ Ñ³í³ë³ñ³ÏßÇé ï»ë³ÝÏÛáõÝ Ý»ñϳ۳óÝ»Éáõ ѳٳñ, »ñµ ɳí ýÇݳÝë³íáñíáÕ Ïáñåáñ³ïÇí ߳ѻñÝ ïÇñ³å»ïáõÙ »Ý ³Ûëù³Ý ß³ï é»ëáõñëÝ»ñÇ` ³å³ï»Õ»Ï³ïíáõÃÛáõÝ ï³ñ³Í»Éáõ ѳٳñ: - ¸áõù ÍÝí»É ¨ ٻͳó»É »ù ´áëÃáÝáõÙ` ٻͳù³Ý³Ï ѳÛÏ³Ï³Ý Ñ³Ù³ÛÝùáõÙ: àñù³±Ý ³ÏïÇí »ù ¸áõù Ò»ñ ѳٳÛùáõÙ: Ü»ñϳÛáõÙë »ë Ð³Û Ï³Ý³Ýó ÙÇç³½·³ÛÇÝ ³ëáódzódzÛÇ ËáñÑñ¹Ç ³Ý¹³Ù »Ù: ºë ³ç³ÏóáõÙ »Ù ï»Õ³Ï³Ý Ñ³Û Ã³ï»ñ³·ñáõÑáõ ·áñÍáõÝ»áõÃÛ³ÝÁ` å³ïñ³ëï»Éáõ §²ñ³ñ³ïÇ Ï³Ý³Ûù¦ ýÇÉÙÁ` ÝíÇñí³Í гÛÏ³Ï³Ý ó»Õ³ëå³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý 100-³ÙÛ³ ÑÇß³ï³ÏÇÝ: ºë ݳ¨ Ù³ëݳÏóáõÃÛáõÝ áõݻ٠Ññ»³-ѳÛÏ³Ï³Ý µ³Ý³ÏóáõÃÛ³Ý ËÙµáõÙ` ÷áñÓ»Éáí íÇ׳ñÏ»É Ð³ÛÏ³Ï³Ý ó»Õ³ëå³ÝáõÃÛ³Ý Ñ»ñùÙ³Ý ¹»åù»ñÁ (ѳïϳå»ë Ññ»³Ï³Ý ѳٳÛÝùáõÙ): - γñá±ù »ù å³ïÙ»É ÙÇ ÷áùñ ³ÛÝ ³ß˳ï³ÝùÇ Ù³ëÇÝ, áñ ³ñ»É »ù г۳ëï³ÝáõÙ: ÆÙ` г۳ëï³Ý ³Ù»Ý³í»ñçÇÝ ³Ûó»ÉáõÃÛ³Ý ÁÝóóùáõÙ »ë Ù³ëݳÏó»óÇ ¶»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ñ³í³ë³ñáõÃÛ³Ý Ëñ³ËáõëÙ³Ý ¨ ·»Ý¹»ñ³ÛÇÝ Ï³ñÍñ³ïÇå»ñÇ ù³Ý¹Ù³ÝÝ áõÕÕí³Í ùÝݳñϳٳÝÁ г-Û³ëï³ÝÇ ²Ù»ñÇÏÛ³Ý Ð³Ù³Éë³ñ³ÝáõÙ, áñÁ ݳ˳ӻéÝí»É ¿ñ γݳÝó ³ç³ÏóÙ³Ý Ï»ÝïñáÝÇ, г۳ëï³ÝÇ ²Ù»ñÇÏÛ³Ý Ð³Ù³Éë³ñ³ÝÇ ¨ гÛÏ Ï³Ý³Ýó ÙÇç³½·³ÛÇÝ ³ëáódzódzÛÇ ÏáÕÙÇó: ºë Ý»ñϳ۳óñ»óÇ Ýñ³Ýó §Ø»Ýù áõ Ù»ñ Ù³ñÙÇÝÁ¦ ·ñùÇ Ñ³Ù³éáï å³ïÙáõÃÛáõÝÁ ¨ ³ÛÝ, û áñù³Ý ¿ ë»é³Ï³Ý ¨ í»ñ³ñï³¹ñáÕ³Ï³Ý ³éáÕçáõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ ³í»ÉÇ ß³ï ·Çï»ÉÇùÝ û·áõï ï³ÉÇë ϳݳÝó ¨ ÁÝï³ÝÇùÝ»ñÇ ³éáÕçáõÃÛ³ÝÁ: ²Ûë ·ÇñùÁ óñ·Ù³Ýí»É ¿ áÕç ³ß˳ñÑáõÙ ³í»ÉÇ ù³Ý 30 É»½áõÝ»ñáí ¨ Ó¨³ã³÷»ñáí` ³Û¹ Ãíáõ٠ݳ¨ ѳۻñ»Ýáí:
es – in addition to the home – where we need to have thoughtful conversations about healthy sexuality and human relationships – especially in the Internet age. Also, there are often moneyed interests (such as the pharmaceutical industry) that don’t typically convey accurate information about drugs or medical procedures. And there continue to be routine practices (for e.g. in the field of maternity care) that are not grounded in the best available evidence. So sometimes it is hard to share the results of reproductive health research because of resistance to more public discussion of this information, and sometimes it is hard to get airtime for a more balanced view of a given issue, when well-funded corporate interests have so many more resources to disseminate misinformation. - You were born and raised in Boston with a sizable Armenian community. How active are you within that community? I am currently on the board of the Armenian International Women’s Association. I assist a local Armenian playwright with her efforts in getting “Women of Ararat” produced on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. I am also part of a Jewish/ Armenian dialogue group trying to challenge instances of Armenian Genocide denial (especially in the Jewish community). - Can you tell me about some of the work you’ve done in Armenia? During my most recent visit to Armenia I participated in a panel on Promoting Gender Equity and Breaking Gender Stereotypes at the American University of Armenia (AUA), which was hosted by the Women’s Support Center, AUA, and AIWA. I presented a brief history of their book “Our Bodies, Ourselves” and how greater knowledge of sexual and reproductive health benefited the health of women and families. This book has been translated into more than 30 languages and formats across the globe, including Armenian.
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ÆÝïáõÇódzë ÇÝÓ Ïµ»ñÇ h»ï` г۳ëï³Ý My intuition will lead me back to Armenia
ֳݳå³ñÑáñ¹»Éáõ ß³ï »Õ³Ý³ÏÝ»ñ ϳÝ` ï»ë-Ý»Éáõ ѳٳñ ³ß˳ñÑÇ ³ÛÝ Ù³ë»ñÁ, áñ »ñµ»ù ã»ë Ùï³Í»É, û Ϸݳë: ºë »ñµ»ù Ñ»ï³ùñùñí³Í ã»Ù »Õ»É ѳݷëïÇ Ñ³Ù³ñ ׳ݳå³ñÑáñ¹»Éáõ ·³Õ³÷³ñáí: ֳݳå³ñÑáñ¹»É` ³ñ¨Ç ï³Ï Ýëï»Éáõ, ÙÇ ù³ÝÇ Éáõë³ÝϳñÝ»ñ ³Ý»Éáõ ѳٳñ ¨ ³ÛÝáõÑ»ï¨ ·Ý³É ïáõÝ` µáÉáñ ÁÝÏ»ñÝ»ñÇë ¨ ÁÝï³ÝÇùÇë å³ïÙ»Éáõ ½³ñٳݳÉÇ í³Ûñ»ñÇ Ù³ëÇÝ, áñï»Õ »Õ»É »Ù: ¸³ ÇÝÓ ÁݹѳÝñ³å»ë ãÇ Ñ»ï³ùñùñáõÙ: ²ÛÝ, ÇÝãÝ Çñáù ÇÝÓ Ñ»ï³ùñùñáõÙ ¿, Ñݳñ³íáñáõÃÛáõÝÝ ¿ ·Ý³É ¨ ³åñ»É ³ÛÉ í³ÛñáõÙ, ëï³Ý³É Ù³ñ¹Ï³ÛÇÝ ß÷áõÙ` ѳëϳݳÉáõ ѳٳñ, û áíù»ñ »Ýù Ù»Ýù áñå»ë ³ÝѳïÝ»ñ: ÎÇëí»É, ï»ëÝ»É ³ÛÉ ³åñ»É³Ï»ñå, ³ÛÉ ³ñÅ»ùÝ»ñ, ëáíáñ»É, û ÇÝã ÁݹѳÝáõñ µ³Ý»ñ áõÝ»Ýù ¨ ³×»É: ºí
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There are many ways to travel, to see parts of the world you never thought you would go. I have never been interested in the idea of traveling for vacation. Traveling to sit under the sun, take a few pictures and then head home to tell all of my friends and family about the amazing places I have been. This doesn’t interested me one bit. What does interest me is the chance to go and live in another place, to have a human exchange that gets to the core of who we are as individuals. To share, and to see a different way of life, a different set of values, to learn what we all have in common, and to grow. And that is what brought me to Armenia. I am a quarter Armenian, and grew up in a city with very few Armenians. Because of this I did not know any of the language, nor the customs or the culture, and only small pieces of the diasporan culture (mostly involving food). But I do have an Armenian last name and throughout my life this has been a reminder to me of my Armenian heritage. I landed in Armenia this August, with my knowledge of what madzun was, lamajoon, and dolma, and about 3 Armenian words, all the names of my grandparent’s former or current pets (Anoush, Hoshor, and Sev). Over the past nearly eight months here I have experienced so many beautiful moments and yet one of the most vivid occurred in my first month here. I was living in Vanadzor with a woman named Svetlana. I spoke no Armenia and she spoke
Ñ»Ýó ë³ ¿É ÇÝÓ µ»ñ»ó г۳ëï³Ý: ºë ù³éáñ¹ Ñ³Û »Ù ¨ ٻͳó»É »Ù ÙÇ ù³Õ³ùáõÙ, áñï»Õ ß³ï ùÇã ѳۻñ ϳÝ: ²Ûë å³ï׳éáí ¿É ã·Çï»Ù á°ã É»½áõÝ, á°ã ³í³Ý¹áõÛÃÝ»ñÁ ¨ Ùß³ÏáõÛÃÁ, ¨ ÙdzÛÝ ÙÇ ÷áùñ Ù³ëÁ ë÷ÛáõéùÇ Ùß³ÏáõÛÃÇó (ÑÇÙݳϳÝáõÙ` áõï»ëïÝ»ñ): ´³Ûó »ë áõݻ٠ѳÛÏ³Ï³Ý ³½·³ÝáõÝ, áñÝ ÇÙ áÕç ÏÛ³ÝùÇ ÁÝóóùáõÙ ÇÝÓ ÑÇß»óñ»É ¿ ѳÛÏ³Ï³Ý Å³é³Ý·áõÃÛ³Ý Ù³ëÇÝ: ºë ųٳݻóÇ Ð³Û³ëï³Ý ³Ûë û·áëïáëÇÝ` ÇٳݳÉáí, û ÇÝã ¿ Ù³ÍáõÝÁ, ɳÑÙ³çáÝ ¨ ïáÉÙ³Ý ¨ »ñ»ù ѳۻñ»Ý µ³é` ï³ïÇÏÇë ¨ å³åÇÏÇë ݳËÏÇÝ Ï³Ù ³ÛÅÙÛ³Ý ÁÝï³ÝÇ Ï»Ý¹³ÝÇÝ»ñÇ ³ÝáõÝÝ»ñÁ (²Ýáõß, Ðáßáñ ¨ ê¨): ì»ñçÇÝ Ùáï áõà ³ÙÇëÝ»ñÇ ÁÝóóùáõÙ »ë
no English. One day through some words I didn’t understand and a few hand gestures she asked me if I would like to go on a walk with her and her friend who was also named Svetlana. I said yes, then looked up in my dictionary for the word “when (Armenian: yerb)” and then I asked “now? (Armenian: hima)” Svetlana laughed and then responded “Ayo/Yes, we will walk now.” It was raining. We left the house armed with our rain jackets and a single umbrella. My arms were linked with each of them, one on either side. Together we walked, these two women in their 60s, best friends who live within a five minute walk of each other, both with children
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³åñ»É »Ù ß³ï ·»Õ»óÇÏ å³Ñ»ñ, ë³Ï³ÛÝ, ³Ù»Ý³í³é å³Ñ»ñÇó Ù»ÏÁ »Õ»É ¿ ³Ûëï»Õ ³é³çÇÝ ³Ùëí³ ÁÝóóùáõÙ: ºë ³åñáõÙ ¿Ç ì³Ý³ÓáñáõÙ` êí»ïɳݳ ³ÝáõÝáí ÙÇ ÏÝáç Ñ»ï: ºë ã¿Ç Ëáëáõ٠ѳۻñ»Ý, ¨ áã ¿É Ý³ ¿ñ ËáëáõÙ ³Ý·É»ñ»Ý: ØÇ ûñ áñáß µ³é»ñÇ, áñáÝù »ë ãѳëϳó³, ¨ Ó»éùÇ áñáß Å»ëï»ñÇ ÙÇçáóáí ݳ ÇÝÓ Ñ³ñóñ»ó, û Ïó³Ýϳݳ٠·Ý³É ½µáëÝ»Éáõ Çñ ¨ Çñ ÁÝÏ»ñáõÑáõ Ñ»ï, áõÙ ³ÝáõÝÁ ÝáõÛÝå»ë êí»ïɳݳ ¿ñ: ºë ³ë³óÇ ³Ûá, ³ÛÝáõÑ»ï¨ Ý³Û»óÇ µ³é³ñ³ÝáõÙ §áõ»Ý (ѳۻñ»Ý` »ñµ)¦ µ³éÁ ¨ ѳñóñÇ §ÑÇÙ³± (³Ý·É»ñ»Ý` ݳáõ)¦: êí»ïÉ³Ý³Ý ÍÇÍ³Õ»ó ¨ Ñ»ïá å³ï³ë˳ݻó. §²Ûá/Û»ë, Ù»Ýù ÑÇÙ³ »Ýù ½µáëÝ»Éáõ¦: ²ÝÓñ¨ ¿ñ ·³ÉÇë: Ø»Ýù ¹áõñë »Ï³Ýù ï³ÝÇó` ½ÇÝí³Í Ù»ñ ³ÝÓñ¨³ÛÇÝ í»ñ³ñÏáõÝ»ñáí ¨ Ù»Ï ³ÝÓñ¨³Ýáóáí: Üñ³ÝóÇó Ûáõñ³ù³ÝãÛáõñÁ ³Ù»Ý ÏáÕÙÇó µéÝ»É ¿ñ Ó»éùë: ØdzëÇÝ Ù»Ýù ½µáëÝ»óÇÝù, ³Ûë »Ïáõ ϳݳÛù Çñ»Ýó 60³Ï³Ý ï³ñÇÝ»ñÇÝ É³í³·áõÛÝ ÁÝÏ»ñáõÑÇÝ»ñ ¿ÇÝ, áíù»ñ ³åñáõÙ »Ý ÙÇÙÛ³ÝóÇó 5 ñáå» ×³Ý³å³ñÑÇ Ñ»é³íáñáõÃÛ³Ùµ, »ñÏáõëÝ ¿É ØáëÏí³ ï»Õ³÷áËí³Í »ñ»Ë³Ý»ñáí ¨ ¶³Û³Ý» ³ÝáõÝáí ¹áõëïñ»ñáí: ºñ»ùë` »ë ¨ »ñÏáõ êí»ïɳݳݻñÁ, ѳí³ùí»óÇÝù Ù»Ï ³ÝÓñ¨³ÝáóÇ ï³Ï: Üñ³Ýù ËáëáõÙ ¿ÇÝ ÇÙ »ï¨Çó ¨ ³éç¨Çó, ÍÇͳÕáõÙ ¨ ÅåïáõÙ` ß³ñáõݳϳµ³ñ Áݹ·ñÏ»Éáí ÇÝÓ Ëáë³ÏóáõÃÛ³Ý Ù»ç, áñÁ »ë ã¿Ç ϳñáÕ³Ýáõ٠ѳëϳݳÉ, ¨ áñÇó, ë³Ï³ÛÝ, µ³í³Ï³ÝÇÝ Ñ³×áõÛù ¿Ç ëï³ÝáõÙ: Ø»Ýù ·Ý³óÇÝù ѳñ¨³Ý ³Û·ÇÝ` ÉÇ ëá×ÇÝ»ñáí ¨ ÑÇÝ ëáí»ï³Ï³Ý ˳ճÉÇùÝ»ñáí: ̳é»ñÇ ï³Ï Ù»Ýù å³ïëå³ñí³Í ¿ÇÝù ³ÝÓñ¨Çó: ´³ñÓñ³Ñ³ë³Ï êí»ïɳݳÝ, áí ÇÙ ï³ÝïÇñáõÑÇÝ ã¿ñ, ó³Í ¹ñ»ó ³ÝÓñ¨³ÝáóÁ, ·»ïÝÇó ÙÇ ÷áùñÇÏ ÷³Ûï í»ñóñ»ó: ܳ Ùáï»ó³í ÷áùñ ³Ýóùáí ÙÇ ëá×áõ: ܳ ÷³ÛïÁ Ùïóñ»ó ³ÝóùÇ Ù»ç ¨ ëÏë»ó ÑÛáõà ù³Ù»É ³ÝóùÇó: ºñµ ÑÛáõÃÁ ó÷í»ó ˳éÇó, ݳ ùÃáí Ùáï»ó³í ³ÝóùÇÝ ¨ ËáñÁ ßáõÝã ù³ß»ó` ³ÛÝï»Õ ϳݷݻÉáí ÙÇ
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who have moved to Moscow, both with daughters named Gayane. The three of us, I and two Svetlana’s huddled under one umbrella. They talked back and forth across from me, laughing, and smiling, continuously engaging me in a conversation I could not understand and yet from which I took so much joy. We walked to
a near by park full of pine trees and old soviet play toys. Under the trees we were protected from the rain. The taller Svetlana, who was not currently my host mom, put down the umbrella and picked up a small stick from the ground. She walked up to a pine tree with a small hole in
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its side. She put the stick in the hole and began to guide sap out of the hole. As the sap eased down the side of the tree she pressed her nose in the hole and took a deep breath, standing there for a long minute. She then turned and gestured that I was next. I pressed my body against the tree and took a deep breath, my nose and throat was cooled by the smell of pine. Next, Svetlana, my host mother, took her turn.Taking her time with three long breaths. Then the three of us stood back and admired the tree, it was a moment impossible to put into words. Completely absurd and beautiful to me at the same time. We all silently thanked the tree and then we linked arms again and continued to walk back home. The rain had subsided, the ground was wet and the sky was grey with a brightness behind it like the sun may come out soon. At home we drank tea, ate walnut jam, sweets and fresh fruit. I have learned Armenian people want to be sure you feel good, these two women were no exception. They genuinely care that your feet are warm and your belly is full. Because of this I have learned that not only does it feel good to care for others but that it is vital to building a health society. I cannot count the amount of moments like this I have encountered in Armenia, moments where I feel so present, like this is where I am right now in this second and there is nowhere else I would rather be, somehow this is true in both the happy moments and the sad. Now, while I am saddened to be leaving, there is much I will be taking with me. I am now able to hold a conversation in Armenian although they often include hand gestures, maybe a few English words thrown in and of course laughter. I will be carrying with me my memories and new friendships. I don’t yet know when but I feel my intuition will lead me back to Armenia.
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Melanie Tafejian
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