Project Duration: 15․01․2023- 15․11․2024

Location: RA, Gegharkunik region, Vardenis community

Beneficiaries:

  • 85 women who are:

living below the poverty line (the income is under 54,040 AMD per person monthly);

with child/children under 18;

with the status of unemployment;

single women/female headed household.

  • 50 children aged 2-7. The target are children of the women who will benefit from the project activities ensuring that women have the opportunity to dedicate time to themselves.

Goal: Contribution to promoting the social and economic empowerment of women in Armenia.

Project main activities:

  • Establish self-support groups and “Experience sharing room” for women․
  • Enable participation of women in meetings and capacity-building opportunities on psycho-social support, positive parenting, etc.
  • Provide business development consulting, vocational trainings, career coaching and soft skills․
  • Provide seed grants opportunities for self-employed women, based on the principle of competitiveness.
  • Provide child-care space for 2-7 year-old children where parents will be able to leave their children while taking part in the WRC activities.

Project results:

  • Space for 85 women is established to enable networking, self-support, upskilling in the fields of women rights, social benefits and cultural integration.
  • The economic role and competitiveness of 80 women is strengthened.
  • Child care accompaniment is provided for mothers of small children, attending the WRC activities.

 

Donors: Caritas Austria /Tirol, Land Tirol Fund

Budget: 107,000 EUR

Project Manager: Mariam Grigoryan