Managing Team

Anahit Simonyan

Director and Co-founder

I am a human rights researcher, gender expert and feminist activist. My areas of expertise are women's rights, right to equality and anti-discrimination and advancement of social-economic rights․

I hold a Master's degree in Theory and Practice of Human Rights from University of Essex UK․

Throughout my practice, I have worked on the development of legislative drafts and policy documents addressing prevention of violence against women, prohibition of discrimination and advancement of gender equality. I am an author and co-author of over 20 research and publications on such issues as combatting violence against women deprived of liberty, labour rights protection and harmonization of domestic legislation with international labour standards, housing rights, the use of UN complaints procedure, human rights based-approaches in policy making and development of rights-based poverty reduction policies, revision of human rights guarantees under the constitution of Armenia.

Academia

Ani Asatryan

Co-Founder

I am a researcher with an expertise in the field of disability rights and anti-discrimination and with and extensive experience in communications and advertising.

Melineh Bilbulyan

Project Officer

I'm an experienced project coordinator and project officer dedicated to human rights advocacy. Throughout my career, I've demonstrated success in managing diverse projects for NGOs and various organizations in Armenia and Lebanon. I firmly believe that human rights are fundamental and should be upheld for every individual.