General/basic documents

International documents

Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development - resolution

Body: UN, 2015
Ratified/signed by RA:

SDG goal 5: achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Body: UN, 2015
Ratified/signed by RA:

Universal declaration of human rights (UDHR)

Body: UN, 1948
Ratified/signed by RA: 1992

Millennium declaration

Body: UN, 2000
Ratified/signed by RA:

International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.

Body: UN, 1966
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Optional protocol to the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights

Body: UN, 2008
Ratified/signed by RA: 2009

International covenant on civil and political rights

Body: UN, 1967
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Optional protocol to the international covenant on civil and political rights

Body: UN, 1966
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women (CEDAW)

Body: UN, 1979
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

The CEDAW committee general recommendations starting 1986

Body: UN, 1986
Ratified/signed by RA:

Optional protocol to the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Body: UN, 1999
Ratified/signed by RA: 2006

Beijing declaration and platform for action

Body: UN, 1995
Ratified/signed by RA: 1995

Political declaration on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the fourth world conference on women

Body: UN, 2015
Ratified/signed by RA:

UNDP in Armenia gender equality strategy 2016-2020

Body: UN / Armenia, 2016
Ratified/signed by RA:

Council of Europe Declaration on equality of women and men

Body: CoE, 1988
Ratified/signed by RA:

Istanbul Declaration on equality between men and women as a fundamental criterion of democracy

Body: CoE, 1997
Ratified/signed by RA:

5th European ministerial conference on equality between women and men (Skopje, 22-23 January 2003)

Body: CoE, 2003
Ratified/signed by RA:

Recommendation rec(2003)3 of the committee of ministers to member states on balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision making

Body: CoE, 2003
Ratified/signed by RA:

PACE resolution 1489 (2006). mechanisms to ensure women’s participation in decision making

Body: PACE, 2006
Ratified/signed by RA:

Recommendation cm/rec(2007)17 of the committee of ministers to member states on gender equality standards and mechanisms

Body: CoE, 2007
Ratified/signed by RA:

Declaration: making gender equality a reality (119th session of the committee of ministers, Madrid, 12 May 2009)

Body: CoE, 2009
Ratified/signed by RA:

Council of Europe gender equality strategy 2018-2023

Body: CoE, 2018
Ratified/signed by RA:

Council of Europe action plan for Armenia 2019-2022

Body: CoE, 2019
Ratified/signed by RA:

National Documents

Constitution of the Republic of Armenia /articles 29,30,86/

Body: RoA NA, 1995 / 2015
Language: Armenian/English

Republic of Armenia law on providing equal opportunities for women and men 2013 /Armenian/

Body: RoA NA, 2013
Language: Armenian

Republic of Armenia gender policy concept paper (2010)

Body: GoA, 2010
Language: Armenian/English

Strategy and action plan for gender policy implementation in the Republic of Armenia 2019-2023

Body: GoA, 2019
Language: Armenian

Republic of Armenia gender policy strategic program 2011-2015

Body: GoA, 2011
Language: Armenian/English

2004-2010 national action plan on improving the status of women and enhancing their role in society

Body: GoA, 2004
Language: Armenian/English

1998-2000 national action plan on improving the status of women and enhancing their role in society

Body: GoA, 1998
Language: Armenian

National Reports

Beijing Plaform of Action

Beijing +20 / national review of the republic of Armenia

Organization: GoA, 2015
Language: English/Armenian

Beijing +25 / national review of the republic of Armenia

Organization: GoA, 2019
Language: English

CEDAW Committee

1st cycle 1997

Armenia's initial country report

Organization: GoA, 1995-1997
Language: English

Concluding observations

Organization: CEDAW Committee, 1997
Language: English

2nd cycle 2002

Armenia's initial country report

Organization: GoA, 1999
Language: English

Concluding observations

Organization: CEDAW Committee, 2002
Language: English

3rd/4th cycle 2009

Armenia's state periodic report

Organization: GoA, 2007
Language: English

Alternative report

Organization: Armenian Association of Women wih University Eductaion(AAWUE), 2007
Language: English

Alternative report

Organization: Democracy Today and All Armenian Union of Women NGOs, 2008
Language: English

Concluding observations

Organization: CEDAW Committee, 2009
Language: English

5/6th cycle 2015

Armenia's state periodic report

Organization: GoA, 2015
Language: English

Armenia's state periodic report/annex

Organization: GoA, 2015
Language: English

Alternative report

Organization: Armenian Association of Women wih University Eductaion(AAWUE), 2014
Language: English/Armenian

Millennium Development Goals

MDGS: nationalization and progress. 2005 national report. Armenia

Organization: UN office in Armenia, 2005
Language: English/Armenian

Millennium development goals: national progress report / Armenia 2015

Organization: UN office in Armenia, 2015
Language: English/Armenian

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable development goals republic of Armenia voluntary national review report-2020

Organization: 2015
Language: English

Study/Research on the topic

Analysis of the implementation of Beijing declaration and platform of action in Armenia

Organization: UNDP/OxYGen, 2020
Language: English/Armenian

Sustainable development goals: the process of nationalization in the republic of Armenia. situation and further steps

Organization: OSFA, 2020
Language: Armenian

Human rights defender’s annual report 2019. part13 women’s rights

Organization: RoA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, 2019
Language: Armenian

Women and men in Armenia statistical booklet

Organization: Armenian national statistical service, 2019
Language: English/Armenian

Armenia country gender equality brief

Organization: UN WOMEN, 2019
Language: English

Gender equality and the SDGs Armenia

Organization: UN WOMEN, 2019
Language: English

The sustainable development goals report 2019

Organization: UN, 2019
Language: English

Armenia country gender assessment

Organization: ADB, 2019
Language: English

USAID/Armenia gender analysis report

Organization: ` USAID, 2019
Language: English

The little data book on gender

Organization: WORLD BANK, 2019
Language: English

Caucasus barometer 2019 regional dataset

Organization: CRRC, 2019
Language: English/Armenian

The 2015-16 Armenia demographic and health survey (2015-16 ADHS)

Organization: Armenian national statistical service, 2017
Language: English/Armenian

Armenia country gender assessment

Organization: WORLD BANK, 2016
Language: English

Men and gender equality in Armenia

Organization: UNFPA, 2016
Language: English/Armenian

Assessment of the implementation of 2011-2015 gender policy strategic plan and 2011-2015 national action plan to combat gender-based violence /Armenian/

Organization: UN Armenia, 2015
Language: Armenian

Bibliography of studies and surveys focusing on gender and/or women’s issues or that have a gender component Armenia

Organization: UNFPA, 2015
Language: English

Monitoring of the implementation of the Beijing platform for action, the millennium development goals and the un convention on political rights of women in the republic of Armenia

Organization: AAWUE/OSI, 2015
Language: English

Gender assessment USAID/Armenia

Organization: USAID, 2010
Language: English

General/basic documents