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The dead silence of Armenian women. Anna Hakobyan

In the summer of 2018, I initiated the “Women for Peace” campaign. You can read more about the campaign at https://wfp.annahakobyan.am/hy/home/. My message of the campaign was as follows. “As women and mothers, we call on all the parties involved in the Karabakh conflict, and the mediating countries, never and never to allow the resumption […]

Anna Hakobyan’s message

On July 13, when Azerbaijan initiated an attack on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and when the perspective of the expansion of those hostilities was visible, I called on the women and mothers of Azerbaijan “to urge on their country’s leadership to cease hostilities and not endanger the lives of Azerbaijani and Armenian sons.” It was the […]

A call to stop the military operations and move towards peace

Since yesterday the situation on the Armenia – Azerbaijani border has been tense. Fights broke out between the Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces. According to the official information the Azerbaijani side gave 4 victims during few hours. As an Ambassador of the “WOMEN FOR PEACE” CAMPAIGN I call upon Azerbaijani women and mothers to exhort […]

Armenian PM’s spouse meets with women operating actively in Artsakh

Anna Hakobyan, spouse of the Armenian Prime Minister, chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of My Step and City of Smile charitable foundations, on May 22 met with women in Artsakh who carry out active public, political and cultural activity. Anna Hakobyan was accompanied by spouse of President of Artsakh Kristine Harutyunyan. Mrs. Hakobyan introduced […]

Anna Hakobyan meets with Lithuanian First Lady, Foreign Minister in Vilnius

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s spouse Anna Hakobyan, the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the My Step and City of Smiles charity foundations, had a meeting with Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius during a visit to Vilnius. Welcoming Anna Hakobyan in Vilnius, the Lithuanian FM highly appreciated her active public activities, […]

Anna Hakobyan meets with US Congresswomen Jackie Speier and Judy Chu

Anna Hakobyan, the wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and the chairwoman of the board of trustees of the “My Step” and “City of Smile” charity foundations, presented the “Women for Peace” initiative at the conference titled “Women, peace and security” in Yerevan on December 4, spoke about the goals of […]

During the Ararat Challenge Festl, Anna Hakobyan spoke about the need for peace, presented the goal of the “Women for Peace” initiative

Anna Hakobyan, the wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of “My Step” and “City of Smile” charitable foundations, Goodwill Ambassador of the “Aurora” humanitarian initiative, attended the opening ceremony of Ararat Challenge Fest on October 19 in the Freedom Square, which is held within the […]

Anna Hakobyan meets with Vietnamese PM’s wife, invites her to visit Yerevan

Armenian Prime Minister’s wife, chairwoman of the head of the Board of Trustees of “My Step” and “City of Smile” charity foundations met with the wife of the Vietnamese Prime Minister Tran Nguyet Thu in Hanoi. During the meeting, Anna Hakobyan shared her impressions of Hanoi, stressing that she noticed kindness in the eyes of […]

Anna Hakobyan participates in the Eurasian Media Forum

Anna Hakobyan, the wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, editor-in-chief of the “Haykakan Zhamanak” daily newspaper, participated in the 16th Eurasian Media Forum in Almaty on May 24 at the invitation of the Speaker of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Dariga Nazarbayeva, which is entitled “Deglobalization: New World Landscape”. […]

Anna Hakobyan, the wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and the chairwoman of the board of trustees of the “My Step” and “City of Smile” charity foundations, presented the “Women for Peace” initiative at the conference titled “Women, peace and security” in Yerevan on December 4, spoke about the goals of the campaign. Anna Hakobyan noted that the campaign has a history of 1.5 years and is related to the political changes that took place in Armenia. “Because during the April four-day war in 2016, as the editor-in-chief, I followed the war operations, the news from both sides, the war crimes, all the terrible events, and I went through all that as a woman and mother. After the changes in Armenia, also taking into account the danger that one of the conflicting parties could always resume the war, I decided to undertake a campaign to prevent this. And the “Women for Peace” campaign was born, which has a declarative nature. The message of the campaign is as follows: to urge and demand as women and mothers all sides of the Karabakh conflict, mediators, to never resort to military path in the case of the Karabakh conflict, not to allow military operations and to try to resolve the conflict through peaceful negotiations, at the negotiating table”, Anna Hakobyan said, adding that 25 years have passed since signing the ceasefire, negotiation process has continued in several stages, but no significant changes have occurred. “During these 25 years, we have a creeping war and we have casualties on both sides. Those victims do not bring us even one centimeter closer to the settlement of the conflict. But in addition to the creeping war, one of the conflicting parties thought of launching a full-scale attack in 2016. 22 years after the signing of the armistice, Azerbaijan, which was preparing for war, arming itself with super-expensive weapons, resorted to military operations. But what happened as a result? The Azerbaijani side suffered 1000 casualties, the Armenian side suffered 100 casualties and the conflict is again at the same point as it was after the signing of the armistice. And it is possible to continue in this manner for 25 years, inherit this conflict to our grandchildren, great-grandchildren and have victims as a result of this creeping war”, said Anna Hakobyan, adding that the other option is peace. “The aim of this campaign is to prevent every next victim. Because we are talking about the victims registered over the years, we present statistics, numbers and forget that we are talking about human lives. When we say that we have 10 victims during the year, we are talking about 10 families, about 10 people, about their parents, about their orphaned children. It is very difficult to see everything in statistics, and the purpose of my message is to remind that these victims are not statistics, they are real lives and we have no right not to bear responsibility. As the Prime Minister’s wife, I consider myself responsible for every life and I cannot resist saying my word,” said Anna Hakobyan. During the discussion following the speech, the prime minister’s wife was asked what kind of expectation she has from the media field. “As a media representative, I am of the opinion that if the initiative is valued and appreciated, then it should receive support, and if they think it is not important… But during this period, I have not received support, I have seen affirmative statements and, of course, more attacking, criticizing and variously manipulated publications”.

Anna Hakobyan, the wife of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, and the chairwoman of the board of trustees of the “My Step” and “City of Smile” charity foundations, presented the “Women for Peace” initiative at the conference titled “Women, peace and security” in Yerevan on December 4, spoke about the goals of […]