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AGBU highlights resilience and recovery of women two years after the start of the 2020 Artsakh War

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

According to the Human Rights Ombudsman of Artsakh, Twenty thousand out of the 40,000 internally displaced persons are women, eight thousand are children.

Key Points: 
  • According to the Human Rights Ombudsman of Artsakh, Twenty thousand out of the 40,000 internally displaced persons are women, eight thousand are children.
  • Six hundred women were widowed after the war, 12 out of 80 killed civilians were women.
  • A number of studies, including UN reports, prove that women and children are most affected by armed conflicts.
  • The only program aimed at women empowerment in Artsakh has been implemented by AGBU Armenia for the past three years.