About us

“4FEM” Women’s Human Rights Defender non-governmental organization was registered on February 26, 2018. The organization is a non-governmental organization created by women  and working for women. The main principle of  the organization is inclusion and intersectionality. Our main purpose is to protect the rights of all women with special emphasize on the gap of protection of women with hearing and speaking disability.
The decision-making bodies of the organization are the General Assembly and the President. The General Assembly meets every two years. The Board works and carries out advocacy based on the goals of the NGO before the next meeting of the Assembly. The executive body is the President who is elected every two years by the Assembly. She is the principal performer of the decisions made by the Assembly.
The organization is quite young, but we are open for cooperation. We have already implemented 3 programs based on our strategic directions, we have 3 employees and 5 volunteers.

OUR MISSION

​Our mission is to promote women’s rights in Armenia combating sexism, discrimination and violence against women; support women’s initiatives and achieve women’s economic sustainability and financial independence; encourage women’s civic and political participation and activism, insert the culture of intersectionality, diversity, sisterhood and solidarity among women.

OUR VISION

Our vision is creation of inclusive, collaborative, intersectionally developed and non-discriminative society, where women are financially independent and actively take part in state economy and decision making processes.

OUR VALUES

Human Rights Defending

Gender equality and Social Justice

Inclusion and Intersectionality