Sunday, 5 July 2009

PINK Armenia launches "Masculinity: breaking stereotypes" project at their new office in downtown Yerevan

PINK Armenia LGBT NGO launches "Masculinity: breaking stereotypes" project at their new office in downtown Yerevan.
On June 27 “Public Information and Need of Knowledge” NGO organized an event on the occasion of new “Information, Education, Communication” (IEC) office opening and “Masculinity: breaking stereotypes” program starting. The event was organized with the help of NGO’s staff, members, volunteers and friends. [...]

Within the framework of this NGO’s activities we organize trainings, group discussions, film watching and other events. You can get information about these activities from PINK calendar. And every Wednesday visitors can get psychosocial support and confidential and anonymous counseling concerning sexual health.

Main objectives “Masculinity: breaking stereotypes” of the program are to break stereotypes and spread tolerance. PINK IEC’s basic steps will be toward gender identity. Organization also continues its main and primary program implementation which is prevention of sexually transmitted infections and human rights protection.

PINK Armenia is now located at 2 Pushkin street. They work Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 19:00, and the office is open from 14:00 to 19:00 for anyone who is interested.

Congrats to PINK!! Their previous office was shut down due to financial reasons. However, they never stopped their activities, and continued working in the field with the help of friends and other NGOs. Along with blogging and being active via social networking sites, they also launched the official website of their organisation: pinkarmenia.org

1 comment:

Unknown said...

we have to be as active as possible, this is our mission:)