Armenia

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 18:15

Best Practices: Making Education Transitions Inclusive

Secondary students with and without disabilities listen attentively to a presentation by a wheelchair user.

Students attend a classroom presentation

This report highlights the importance of supporting children--particularly children with disabilities and special education needs--as they transition from one education level to another

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 19:35

Inclusive Education Toolkit: Armenia

A small group of secondary students including girls and boys sit at desks and look at the teacher standing in the front of the classroom.

Students attend class

This toolkit documents model practices and solutions in inclusive education

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 16:48

The Armenian Electoral Experience

A wheelchair user is at the bottom of a ramp into a building

A voter education poster from Armenia that says "An equal society is a healthy society"

Approaches to enfranchising people with disabilities

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:16

A Playground for Everyone

Three children sit on a carousel together. One child is seated on a bench while two use wheelchairs. Adults are taking pictures and filming.

Children play on a wheelchair accessible carousel or "merry-go-round" in Gyumri, Armenia

When funding was not enough, Agate NGO mobilized the community to secure donations, volunteers, and other support needed to make their dream a reality

Friday, October 30, 2015 - 20:05

Action Plans, Programs, and Reports for Armenia

A report on qualitative studies, 2013. Livelihood Improvements through Fostered Employment (LIFE) for people with disabilities program and socioeconomic reintegration programme for mine victims in the south caucusus. Logos for: USAID, Save the Children, Austrian Development Corporation, IOM, ITF.

A report titled "Employment of People with Disabilities in Armenia: Needs and Barriers"

Materials created and/or distributed by government agencies, Disabled Persons' Organizations (DPOs), International Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), or other official bodies

Friday, October 30, 2015 - 19:53

Armenia's National Laws Related to Disability

A map of Armenia shows the land locked country surrounded by Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.

A map of Armenia

This collection includes national laws entirely focused on disability and others on different main topics that have specific references concerning people with disabilities in their text

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 12:40

Sports: An Avenue for Disability Advocacy

Men using wheelchairs play basketball on an outdoor court. A large buidling and many spectators appear in the background.

Men's wheelchair basketball teams compete in Armenia

The integration of people with disabilities into Armenian society is making strides through sports programming

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 12:22

Formal Operation of the CRPD in Armenia

A group of 10 smiling men and women with and without disabilities hold the Armenian flag on a sidewalk. The front row includes four people using wheelchairs and the back row from includes six people standing.

DPO and government representatives hold the Armenian flag

Documents submitted to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Armenian government, DPOs, and other non-governmental organizations on the implementation of the CRPD and the status of persons with disabilities

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 10:03

Working with Authorities to Ensure Accessibility

A man using a wheelchair and two standing men hold and look at papers in front of a ramp that is being constructed at a building entrance.

Skarp NGO President (center) at a ramp construction site

For Skarp Health Center NGO in Armenia, infusing one fundamental strategy in all programming has been key to its success: informing local authorities about the main goal of their project and involving them in the implementation process

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