GIZ to sponsor project of assistance to forcibly displaced women with  disabilities in Armenia 

ArmInfo. On March 11, the Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Heriknaz Tigranyan met with the Director of the House of Hope Charity  Center Foundation Movses Poghosyan and the Programme Coordinator of  the Foundation Hripsime Manukyan.

They presented the work and charity programmes of the organization,  which has been operating for more than three decades, as well as  detailed the upcoming activities of the Creation of a Network for  Displaced Women with Disabilities and with Their Participation  programme, implemented with the financial support of the German  International Cooperation Agency (GIZ).

The Project Coordinator Hripsime Manukyan presented the work, goals  and expectations related to the progress of the Programme.

According to the programme, the network is an informal platform  created on a voluntary basis, which unites displaced women with  disabilities, as well as their supporting organizations, individuals  and groups, to contribute to the socio-economic, cultural and public  development of target women inclusion in other spheres of life,  ensuring equal opportunities, as well as having an improved  legislative framework in this regard.

It will serve as an environment where, through voluntary investment,  cooperative programmes will be developed, experience exchange and  mutual assistance will be carried out aimed at solving the problems  faced by women with disabilities.

The necessary documents have been developed for the creation of the  network, and 11 organizations are already involved in the partnership  network, which have agreed to become members of the network. A  memorandum has also been developed, which will be signed between  member organizations.

Heriknaz Tigranyan positively assessed the organization's charitable  work, noting that the programme is not new for the organization,  since they have been carrying out this work for a long time. "With  this programme, you simply ensure continuity," she said in this  context and emphasized in her speech the importance of proper  awareness of the programme, as well as the involvement of young  people in volunteer work. At the same time, she expressed her  willingness to assist in the issue of legislative regulations, if  necessary.