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News and Events

  • 01/01/2023
    The first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee INC

  • 30/11/2022
    Women for Water Partnership Valuing water and women’s roles – Annual Report 2021

  • 01/11/2022
    The 10th Anniversary of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

  • 25/10/2022
    Environmental NGOs declare: “Kids can’t wait. Let’s do away with lead paints now!”

  • 06/10/2021
    Synthesis report of the SLE Projects

  • 22/06/2021
    Workshop dedicated to the analysis of mercury and other hazardous substances and waste legislation

  • 10/06/2021
    A workshop on “Raising Awareness on Mercury-Containing Products and Data Validation” took place

  • 23/12/2020
    The contribution of the University of Chile in solar projects for communities in Armenia

  • 23/12/2020
    Promoting Covid-19 hygeine practices in Armenia; UNDEF Holiday issue

  • 15/04/2020
    Tender for the purchase of a photovoltaic system for the Solak community of Kotayk region

  • 31/01/2020
    Press Release: Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation for Vulnerable and Isolated Groups

  • 07/01/2020
    The President of AWHHE, Elena Manvelyan, is congradulating the organization “Women Engage for a Common Future” (WECF) for their 25th anniversary.

  • 06/12/2019
    THE AWHHE NGO’s participation in the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health, 19-21 November 2019

  • 28/11/2019
    Case studies: The WHO European Health Equity Status Report Initiative

  • 06/11/2019
    Հայտարարություն շինարարական աշխատանքների իրականացման մրցույթ հայտարարելու մասին

  • 31/10/2019
    International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Countries Adopt Laws to Reduce Lead in Paint

  • 28/10/2019
    AWHHE representative participated in the third meeting of the intersessional process for SAICM and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 from 1 to 4 October in Bangkok, Thailand

  • 08/10/2019
    Launch of the “Encouraging young specialists to power the agri-food value chains and building sustainable business models” project

  • 30/09/2019
    We Are Twenty Years Old

  • 05/09/2019
    AWHHE participated in the 24th World Water Week

  • 28/08/2019
    Итоги встречи сети НПО ВЕКЦА по химической безопасности

  • 01/03/2019
    AWHHE International Award for the Contribution to Elimination Lead in Paints

  • 27/02/2019
    UNSAFE: New EU Rules Allow Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Toys and Other Products Made of Recycled Plastics

  • 23/01/2019
    AWHHE completed the “Enabling Women to Participate in Sustainable Water Management in Armenia” project, funded by The United Nations Democracy Fund.

  • 14/12/2018
    Czech Specialists Found Carcinogenic Chemical Substance Dioxin in Household Eggs in Alaverdi

  • 12/12/2018
    Toxic heavy metals were found near people’s houses in Northern Armenia

  • 27/11/2018
    The second meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

  • 27/10/2018
    EU: No more toxic chlorpyrifos in our food

  • 23/10/2018
    Новости “Эко-Согласия” по химической безопасности: УРОВНИ СВИНЦА В КРАСКЕ В РАЗНЫХ СТРАНАХ МИРА

  • 18/10/2018
    European Study Exposing Toxic E-Waste Chemicals in Children’s Products Spurs Calls for Policy to End Recycling Exemptions for Hazardous Waste

  • 01/10/2018
    Региональный семинар организаций – членов Международной сети по ликвидации стойких органических загрязнителей

  • 18/09/2018
    International Seminar on Alternative Energy Issues

  • 12/06/2018
    AWHHE presented the One Planet SLE project in Armenia at a project lab during European Development Days organized in Brussels, Belgium on 5-6 June 2018 (EDD 2018)

  • 27/02/2018
    AWHHE representative participated in two meetings in the framework of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

  • 07/02/2018
    Global Pact for the Environment

  • 30/11/2017
    ДОБРОВОЛЬНЫЕ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВА ПО СВИНЦУ В КРАСКЕ

  • 24/11/2017
    Կամավոր պարտավորություններ ներկերում կապարի պարունակության բացառման մասին

  • 17/11/2017
    The First Public Hearing on Environmental Impact Assessment of the Project ”The Nubarashen obsolete pesticide burial site excavation, safe transportation of waste, area cleanup and stabilization” was held

  • 23/10/2017
    22-28 October 2017 – International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action

  • 08/10/2017
    Chemical Safety Workshop

  • 27/09/2017
    Press Release: New treaty effectiveness will depend on adequacy of data to be collected

  • 25/09/2017
    Пресс-релиз “Эко-Согласия”: Новое исследование IPEN указывает на опасно высокие уровни ртути в организме женщин детородного возраста в различных регионах мира

  • 25/08/2017
    New treaty’s entry into force set to curtail global mercury crisis, say NGOs  

  • 11/07/2017
    What’s Next for the EU Criteria to Identify Endocrine Disruptors: A Legal Map of the Adoption Process

  • 03/07/2017
    Sustainable Agriculture for Women in Armenia

  • 20/06/2017
    Endocrine Experts United in Disappointment with European Commission’s Proposed Criteria on EDCs

  • 14/06/2017
    Health and Environmental Risks from Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors

  • 02/06/2017
    Promoting Solar Energy Use in Rural Communities of Armenia

  • 11/05/2017
    Synergies of the three chemicals conventions, BRS Meeting, Geneva, 24 April- 5 May 2017

  • 11/05/2017
    4 – 5 May 2017, Geneva, Switzerland – Workshop on setting targets under the Protocol to support implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and Ninth meeting of the Task Force on Target Setting and Reporting

  • 26/04/2017
    On April 7, 2017, the NPD Steering Committee held its 16th meeting

  • 04/04/2017
    Webinar on HHPs problems, belonged to EDCs was held on 13th of March 2017

  • 04/04/2017
    From 26-27 March 2017, AWHHE representative participated in a regional seminar on the problems of mercury pollution in the countries of the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA)

  • 29/03/2017
    Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2017 COPs for the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asian Region

  • 08/02/2017
    7-9 February 2017 | Brasilia, Brazil – AWHHE Participates in The First Meeting of the Intersessional Process for Considering SAICM and the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste Beyond 2020

  • 16/11/2016
    The fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes

  • 11/11/2016
    AWHHE as a co-organizer of the side event (14 November 2016, Geneva) during the 4th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health

  • 28/10/2016
    Meeting with participation of different concerned ministries, organizations and NGOs

  • 24/10/2016
    Paint with Dangerous Lead Levels Widely Sold in All Developing Regions of the World

  • 29/06/2016
    OSCE Office in Yerevan presents awards to best women entrepreneurs in Armenia

  • 20/06/2016
    Press Release: The Problem of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals

  • 15/06/2016
    Eighth Ministerial Conference, 8-10 June, Batumi, Georgia, 2016

  • 30/05/2016
    Հանրային Վարկանիշ

  • 20/04/2016
    The Large Scale Military Actions in April 2016 Against Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

  • 11/04/2016
    Regional Workshop on achieving equitable access to water and sanitation: from assessment to action

  • 04/04/2016
    Strategic workshop on future priorities under the Protocol on Water and Health and Workshop on collecting good practices on target setting and reporting

  • 24/03/2016
    Seventh Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC 7)

  • 23/03/2016
    Հանդիպում-քննարկում բնապահպանական ՀԿ-ների ներկայացուցիչների հետ

  • 21/03/2016
    IPEN INC7 Press release: Majority of the world snubbed by EU refusal to act promptly on contaminated sites; Delay dishonours victims of the Minamata tragedy

  • 10/03/2016
    INC 7. Press release

  • 10/03/2016
    Public Letter to President Hernandez of Honduras

  • 01/03/2016
    Informal Review Group under the UNECE/WHO Protocol on Water and Health

  • 26/02/2016
    Appeal for a Ban of Highly Hazardous Pesticides

  • 25/01/2016
    Children of Ditak Call for Support

  • 06/12/2015
    On 04 December 2015, AWHHE represented the civil society sector at the inception workshop of the UNDP/GEF on the full sized project “Elimination of obsolete pesticides Stockpiles and addressing POPs contaminated sites within a sound chemicals management framework”

  • 29/09/2015
    Письмо-обращение за поддержкой в создании Глобального альянса по поэтапному отказу от особо опасных пестицидов

  • 28/09/2015
    The fourth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM4)

  • 27/08/2015
    The Japanese and the Swiss are Providing Money for the Reconstruction of the Village School

  • 21/07/2015
    High Level International Conference on the implementation of the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015

  • 20/04/2015
    7th World Water Forum, South Korea, 10 – 17 April, 2015

  • 27/03/2015
    Regional Workshop: SAICM – a Global International Tool for the Promotion and Development of Chemical Safety Goals

  • 27/01/2015
    Water and sustainable development: From vision to action”, Zaragoza, Spain, 15-17 January 2015

  • 14/11/2014
    Gender Water & Development Conference, 3-7 November, 2014

  • 30/10/2014
    Minamata Convention Initial Assessment of Armenia

  • 21/03/2014
    Awareness Raising and Communication Training

  • 18/01/2014
    Public health impacts of exposure to mercury and mercury compounds: the role of WHO and ministries of public health in the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

  • 28/11/2013
    Third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health

  • 10/10/2013
    The Minamata Convention on Mercury Signed

  • 03/07/2013
    Sixth meeting of the Working Group on Water and Health

  • 27/05/2013
    Sub-regional workshop to share experience in the implementation of the UNECE-WHO/Europe Protocol on Water and Health for countries of the Caucasus

  • 15/05/2013
    Second Meeting of the Expert Group on Monitoring Progress in Achieving Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation

  • 10/05/2013
    Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention

  • 13/01/2013
    AWHHE Participates in Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC5) on Mercury, Geneva, Switzerland, 13-18 January 2013

  • 09/01/2013
    Mercury Levels in Humans and Fish Around the World Regularly Exceed Health Advisory Levels

  • 17/12/2012
    Summary of the project “Toxic Metals in Children’s Products” and International Conference on “Heavy Metals in Child Toys”

  • 12/12/2012
    The Ninth Meeting of The Steering Committee of The National Water Policy Dialogue on IWRM in Armenia

  • 11/12/2012
    Press Release: Toxic Metals in Children’s Products

  • 07/12/2012
    AWHHE participates in IPEN General Assembly (Petrópolis) and Toxics-Free Future Forum (Rio de Janeiro) in Brazil, from 7 – 11 June, 2012, as well as Rio + 20 meetings, from 12- 18 June, 2012

  • 04/12/2012
    Global Webinar on New Findings on Mercury Exposure and Contamination

  • 09/11/2012
    2012 – “Raising awareness about the UNECE Water Convention and its Protocol on Water and Health and strengthening the role of the civil society organizations in their promotion and implementation”

  • 17/09/2012
    What happened at ICCM3

  • 17/09/2012
    Third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (17 – 21 September 2012, Nairobi, Kenya)

  • 27/06/2012
    AWHHE Participates in Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) on Mercury, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 27 June to 2 July 2012

  • 06/06/2012
    First meeting of the Task Force on Public Participation in Decision-making

  • 02/06/2012
    Human right to water and sanitation – attacked from a transboundary perspective during the Rio+20 negotiations

  • 31/12/2011
    Hot Line

  • 26/12/2011
    Visit to the orphan’s home after Marie Izmirlyan on the eve of New Year

  • 13/10/2011
    For Renovation of the School in Ditak Village

  • 22/09/2011
    AWHHE joins the Clinton Global Initiative

  • 31/05/2011
    Press release: International Conference to discuss problems related to contamination by toxic pollutants and pesticides in Armenia

  • 31/05/2011
    10th Anniversary of Stockholm Convention, International Conference Tsakhkadzor, Armenia

  • 30/11/2010
    Joint Press Release of the Arnika Association and the organisation Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE)

  • 15/11/2010
    AWHHE Activities Report

  • 15/10/2010
    AWHHE and Rural Sustainable Development Agricultural Foundation Celebrates Rural Woman International Day on October 15th

  • 31/08/2010
    “Pesticides. Are They Really Necessary?” Film Presentation at UN House

  • 08/07/2010
    Prime Minister Visited Nubarashen Waste Burial Ground

  • 29/06/2010
    Mini-Hearing on Obsolete Pesticides in Eastern European Countries, the Caucasus and Central Asian countries

  • 07/06/2010
    Mercury-contaminated fish served to delegates at UN mercury negotiation

  • 07/06/2010
    INC1 Mercury 2010

  • 22/05/2010
    2010 – Save the Leopard in Armenia

  • 03/05/2010
    Commission for Sustainable Development

  • 12/04/2010
    Emergency Situation Around the Burial Site of Obsolete and Banned Pesticides in Armenia

  • 30/03/2010
    Czech Republic and Armenia start to cooperate to reduce obsolete pesticides danger

  • 10/03/2010
    5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health

  • 07/12/2009
    COP 15 and CMP 5 Conference of the Parties (COP), Fifteenth session and Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP), Fifth session and sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies

  • 07/12/2009
    Third Central and Eastern European regional meeting on SAICM and associated workshops on mercury and a workshop on nanotechnology

  • 16/05/2009
    Second session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2)

  • 15/05/2009
    IPEN Press Releases SAICM / ICCM2

  • 10/05/2009
    WECF celebrates 15 year anniversary with International Conference in The Hague “Innovation for sustainability – the crisis as opportunity”

  • 27/03/2009
    Action “SOS Sevan” aimed at saving Lake Sevan

  • 18/03/2009
    Women Major Group call in Istanbul : ‘Stop the word game, implement the right to water & sanitation

  • 17/03/2009
    WECF Press Release Special Gender Session at World Water Forum 5 in Istanbul

  • 16/03/2009
    5th World Water Forum, (Istanbul, Turkey)

  • 16/03/2009
    Women and Gender Coalition strongly involved in WWF 5 (Istanbul,Turkey)

  • 14/03/2009
    WECF and Network – Participation at the 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul,Turkey)

  • 26/01/2009
    Prime Minister of Armenia : “Still there are problems in Yerevan”

  • 15/01/2009
    SAICM Workshops in 4 Aarhus centers in Armenia

  • 31/12/2008
    The Cartoon

  • 11/12/2008
    Presentation of the film “A Golden Mine for Sevan” and a Round table (Yerevan, Armenia)

  • 20/10/2008
    International Public Health Symposium on Environment and Health Research, Madrid, Spain

  • 11/10/2008
    Regional working conference WfW , Surinam

  • 13/09/2008
    VI Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, Dakar, Senegal

  • 17/08/2008
    World Water Week Stockholm, Sweden

  • 04/08/2008
    Workshop “SAICM – Global Commitment for Protection of Environment and Health” (Yerevan, Armenia)

  • 25/06/2008
    International Conference on Aarhus Convention, Amsterdam

  • 11/06/2008
    3rd session of the Working Group of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention (Riga, Latvia)

  • 03/06/2008
    Sustainable energy in Germany – energy and climate training in Munich (WECF Press Release)

  • 28/11/2007
    6th Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration

  • 12/11/2007
    International Conference on Adaptive & Integrated Water Management

  • 29/10/2007
    “Partnerships for Achieving Chemical Safety in Armenia” , Regional conference, Yerevan, Armenia

  • 27/10/2007
    “Partnerships for Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Armenia”, Regional Conference on Water and Sanitation, Yerevan, Armenia

  • 08/10/2007
    Belgrade 2007

  • 20/09/2007
    9th International HCH and Pesticides Forum in Chisinau, Moldova, September, 2007

  • 17/08/2007
    World Water Week – Folkets Hus

  • 02/08/2007
    WHO relaunches controversy over children’s exposure to chemicals

  • 11/07/2007
    Report from and about activities of Women for Water

  • 05/07/2007
    Workshop on Equitable Access to Water , Paris, France

  • 10/06/2007
    The 4th International Conference on Children’s Health and Environment, Vienna, Austria

  • 30/05/2007
    “The ecological approaches to the chemicals management”, seminar, Yerevan, Armenia, Mariott Hotel

  • 02/05/2007
    “From Best Practice to Policy” – CSD 15 side event, May 2, 2007, NY, USA

  • 30/04/2007
    Summary Of The Fifteenth Session of The Commission on Sustainable Development

  • 16/04/2007
    EPHA Conference, Health in the Enlarged EU, Bratislava

  • 31/01/2007
    “Stop this toxic trade!: NGOs demand tough mercury limits” – Press release

  • 01/12/2006
    REACH press release, Brussels

  • 25/09/2006
    Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, 25 – 29 September, 2006, Budapest, Hungary

  • 07/09/2006
    The 8th PAN Europe annual network conference, September 7, 2006, Bologna, Italy

  • 02/02/2006
    WECF Press Release, February, 2006

  • 01/02/2006
    WECF organises seminar in Armenia

  • 30/11/2005
    WECF Newsletter, November, 2005

  • 07/09/2005
    Global Day of Action against Waste Incineration, September 7, 2005

  • 06/09/2005
    Press release on Global Day of Action, September 6, 2005, Yerevan, Armenia

  • 21/08/2005
    World Water Week, August 21-27, 2005, Stockholm

  • 23/06/2005
    2003 – Children Ecological Theatre of AWHHE – “The Long Nose” Perfomance

  • 25/05/2005
    8TH INTERNATIONAL HCH AND PESTICIDES FORUM FOR CE AND ECCA COUNTRIES, May 26-28, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria

  • 17/05/2005
    Central and Eastern Europe Regional Consultation on a Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), May 17-19, 2005 , Ljubljana, Slovenia

  • 25/04/2005
    CEHCA-2005, April 25-28, 2005, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan

  • 12/04/2005
    Thirteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, April 11-22, 2005, United Nations Headquarters, New York

  • 30/03/2005
    Pesticides and Poverty, Press Release, March 30, 2005, London

  • 04/03/2005
    Women for Water Conference, March 4-6, 2005, Soesterberg, Netherlands

  • 11/02/2005
    Meeting in Armenia on TMF joint project, (WECF and AWHHE), February 11, 2005, Yerevan, Armenia

  • 06/10/2004
    Vienna Declaration of Environmental Standards for Healthcare Facilities

  • 04/10/2004
    Second Session Of The Preparatory Committee For The Development Of A Strategic Approach To International Chemicals Management (SAICM PrepCom 2)

  • 23/09/2004
    Conference on the New European Chemicals Policy within the enlarged Union “Chemlargement 2004”

  • 23/06/2004
    Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, Hungary, ‘The future for our children’

  • 23/06/2004
    Don’t pollute our babies bodies!

  • 23/06/2004
    WECF Report from Budapest – June 2004

  • 05/06/2004
    Global Day of Action 2004

  • 14/05/2004
    Celebration of the Stockholm Convention’s Entry in Force

  • 23/05/2002
    IPEN DAY OF ACTION May 23rd, 2002

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