“The smoke is suffocating.” because of the fire at the landfill, people are breathing carcinogenic air in Yerevan
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A statement by Ms. Gohar Khojayan from AWHHE NGO at the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution INC-2
The need for a global agreement that protects human health and the environment from chemicals in plastics. The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) of the Plastics Treaty took place from 29 May – 2 June 2023 in Paris, France. CG2 IPEN statement, 1/6/2023 The statement was made by Ms. Gohar Khojayan participant from AWHHE NGO at […]
UN 2023 Water Conference
The Netherlands and Tajikistan, as co-hosts of the UN 2023 Water Conference (https://sdgs.un.org/conferences/water2023), strived to make the Conference a watershed moment for the world. Their vision for the Conference is that all fundamentally understand, value and manage water better and take concerted action to achieve the internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for […]
The first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee INC
Resolution 5/14 of 2 March 2022 entitled “End plastic pollution: towards an international legally binding instrument”, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) requested the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to convene an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) with the ambition of completing negotiations by the end of 2024. The first session of the INC was held from […]
Women for Water Partnership Valuing water and women’s roles – Annual Report 2021
2021, again a year to remember; full of activities despite the lockdowns and postponements as a result of the COVID19 -pandemic. Of course, the main focus was on advocacy; knowledge exchange and research; to our regret a lot of local activities could not take place. Chapter two is dedicated to the core activities of WfWP as far as WfWP is […]
The 10th Anniversary of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
“Armenian Women for Health and Health Environment” (AWHHE) NGO joined the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint – a joint program of WHO and UNEP within the framework of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) held on 23-29 October, 2022. The campaign aimed to draw public attention to the effects of lead on human health, especially children, to highlight […]
Environmental NGOs declare: “Kids can’t wait. Let’s do away with lead paints now!”
(Press Release) “Armenian Women for Health and a Healthy Environment” (AWHHE) NGO emphasizes the threats to children from lead paint during the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. AWHHE joins the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (hereinafter – the Alliance) – a joint program of WHO and UNEP within the framework of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW), which […]
Synthesis report of the SLE Projects
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) launched the Synthesis Report of the SLE Projects titled Co-Creating Sustainable Ways of Living 24 Stories of On-the-Ground Innovations. This report elaborates on the essential points of the 24 projects globally including two in Armenia implemented by AWHHE. The projects were implemented in frame of the Sustainable Lifestyles and Education (SLE) Programme under the UN 10-Year Framework […]
Workshop dedicated to the analysis of mercury and other hazardous substances and waste legislation
The event was organized within the framework of “Building Capacity in Armenia to Support the Phase-out of Mercury Additive Products” project implemented by the Ministry of Environment in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The aim of the workshop was to present to the staff of the Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body – which accomplishes supervision in […]
A workshop on “Raising Awareness on Mercury-Containing Products and Data Validation” took place
The event was organized within the framework of “Building Capacity in Armenia to Support the Phase-out of Mercury Additive Products” project implemented by the Ministry of Environment in colloboration with UNEP. The event was attended by the officers of the National Academy of Sciences, non-governmental organizations and other interested institutions. Knarik Grigoryan, Expert on Chemical Safety of “Armenian Women for […]