Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment

News and Events

26.12.2011
Visit to the orphan’s home after Marie Izmirlyan on the eve of New Year

AWHHE joins the Clinton Global Initiative
In 2011, AWHHE became member of the Clinton Global Initiative and participated in the Annual Meeting.
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13.10. 2011
The second secretary of the Economic Section of the Embassy of Japan in Armenia Ms. Mizuki Sugitani visited the Ditak community of Ararat province (marz) to get acquainted with the results of the renovation of the village secondary school. More>>

31.05.2011
10th Anniversary of Stockholm Convention, International Conference
Tsakhkadzor, Armenia

31.05.2011
Press release: International Conference to discuss problems related to contamination by toxic pollutants and pesticides in Armenia
 

31.05.2011
Press release: International Conference to discuss problems related to contamination by toxic pollutants and pesticides in 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 Celebrated Rural Women's International Day
31.08.2010
The film “Pesticides. Are They Really Necessary?” is presented at the UN Office in Armenia
08.07.2010
Prime Minister Visited Nubarashen Waste Burial Ground
07.06.2010 - 11.06.2010
News from "Eco-Accord". 1st Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury
(Stockholm, Sweden)

29.06.2010 - Intervention by AWHHE in the MINI HEARING on OBSOLETE PESTICIDES at the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

07.06.2010
Mercury-contaminated fish served to delegates at UN mercury negotiation

03.05.2010 - 14.05.2010
Commission for Sustainable Development
( New York, USA )

22.05.2010 - Save the Leopard in Armenia Event
(Yerevan State Zoo, Yerevan, Armenia)

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
(Yerevan, Armenia)
10-12.03.2010 - 5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health
(Parma, Italy)
07-11.12.2009 - Third Central and Eastern European regional meeting on SAICM and associated workshops on mercury and a workshop on nanotechnology
(Lodz, Poland)
07 - 18.12. 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
( Copenhagen, Denmark )
27.03.2009 - Action "SOS Sevan" aimed at saving Lake Sevan
15.01.2009 - 18.02.2009 - SAICM Workshops (Armenia)
26.01.2009 - Prime Minister of Armenia : "Still there are problems in Yerevan"
11.12.2008 - Presentation of the film "A Golden Mine for Sevan" and a Round table (Yerevan, Armenia)
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"

11.05.2009 - Second session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2)
(Geneva, Switzerland)
16-20.03.2009 - Women and Gender Coalition strongly involved in WWF 5 (Istanbul,Turkey)
14 - 22 .03. 2009 - WECF and Network - Participation at the 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul,Turkey)
17.03.2009 - WECF Press Release Special Gender Session at World Water Forum 5 in Istanbul
Women Major Group call in Istanbul : 'Stop the word game, implement the right to water & sanitation
16.03.2009 - 5th World Water Forum, (Istanbul, Turkey )
20.10.2008 - International Public Health Symposium on Environment and Health Research, Madrid, Spain
11.10.2008 - 15.10.2008 - Regional working conference WfW , Surinam
13.09.2008 - 15.09.2008 - 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)
11.06.2008 - 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)

25.06.2008 - 25.06.2008 - International Conference on Aarhus Convention, Amsterdam
12.11.2007 - International Conference on Adaptive & Integrated Water Management
08.10.2007 - Belgrade 2007

20.09.2007 - 9th International HCH and Pesticides Forum in Chisinau, Moldova

28.11.2007 - 6th Global Day of Action against Waste and Incineration
29.10.2007 - "Partnerships for Achieving Chemical Safety in Armenia" , Regional conference, Yerevan, Armenia
29.10.2007 - "Partnerships for Achieving Millennium Development Goals in Armenia", Regional Conference on Water and Sanitation, Yerevan, Armenia
WHO relaunches controversy over children's exposure to chemicals
17.08.2007 - World Water Week - Folkets Hus
11.07.2007 - Reports from and about activities of Women for Water
5-6.07.2007 - Workshop on Equitable Access to Water , Paris, France
10-12.06.2007 - 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, New-York, USA
30.04.2007 - 11.05.2007 Summary Of The Fifteenth Session of The Commission on Sustainable Development
16-17.04.2007 - EPHA Conference, Health in the Enlarged EU, Bratislava
31.01.2007 - "Stop this toxic trade!: NGOs demand tough mercury limits" - Press release (Armenian / English)
01.12.2006 - REACH press release, Brussels
The 8th PAN Europe annual network conference, September 7, 2006, Bologna, Italy
Download Presentation (Power Point format - 2 MB)
Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, 25 - 29 September, 2006, Budapest, Hungary
WECF Press Release, February, 2006
WECF organises seminar in Armenia
WECF Newsletter, November, 2005
Global Day of Action against Waste Incineration, September 7, 2005
Press release on Global Day of Action, September 6, 2005, Yerevan, Armenia

World Water Week, August 21-27, 2005, Stockholm

Healthy Environment for Our Children, Healthy Generation for the World - Children Ecological Theatre of AWHHE
Central and Eastern Europe Regional Consultation on a Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), May 17-19, 2005 , Ljubljana, Slovenia
8TH INTERNATIONAL HCH AND PESTICIDES FORUM FOR CE AND ECCA COUNTRIES, May 26-28, 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria
Thirteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, April 11-22, 2005, United Nations Headquarters, New York
CEHCA-2005, April 25-28, 2005, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan
Pesticides and Poverty, Press Release, March 30, 2005, London

Women for Water Conference, March 4-6, 2005, Soesterberg, Netherlands

Meeting in Armenia on TMF joint project, (WECF and AWHHE), February 11, 2005, Yerevan, Armenia
Vienna Declaration of Environmental Standards for Healthcare Facilities, October 6-8, 2004, CleanMed, Vienna, Austria
September 23-24, 2004, "Chemlargement 2004" - Conference on the New European Chemicals Policy within the enlarged Union, Vienna, Austria
October 4 - 8, 2004 - Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM PrepCom 2); Nairobi, Kenya
WECF Report from Budapest – June 2004
Global Day of Action 2004
Don`t pollute our babies bodies!
June 23–25, 2004 - 4th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, Hungary,
'The future for our children'

June 23–25, 2004 - Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, Budapest, Hungary,
'The future for our children'

Celebration of the Stockholm Convention’s Entry in Force
May 24, 2004 - May 27, 2004, Nigeria
NGO Statement for Africa Regional Meeting on the Development of SAICM
IPEN Global Day of Action – May 17th the Day the Stockholm Convention enters into force.
Toolkit in English.
IPEN DAY OF ACTION May 23rd, 2002
May 24, 2004 - 62nd Party to the Stockholm Convention
Healthy Environment for Our Children - Healthy Generation for Armenia

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