Our involvement in Armenia began in the early 2000s. Between 2006-2009, we collaborated with UNDP Armenia to implement a Sida-funded project to strengthen the capacity of Armenia’s Human Rights Defender’s Office to promote and protect human rights. In 2019 we re-engaged our cooperation in Armenia aiming to support the country’s democratic transition and since 2020 we are implementing a Sida-supported human rights programme.
We currently engage with our Armenian partners to increase the capacity of representatives from the judiciary, state agencies, academia, and civil society, to apply international human rights standards in ongoing and future reforms in the country. We work together with a range of local and international stakeholders.
Since August 2023, our cooperation in Armenia is managed from our office in Yerevan.
Read more about our Armenia Programme.
Armenia Programme Staff
Hanna Johnsson
Hanna Johnsson joined the Institute in 2005 and has more than 18 years´ experience in policy dialogue and development cooperation in Human Rights and Rule of Law. She holds a Masters´ degree in Political Science from Lund University.
In 2011, she established RWI´s regional office in Amman, Jordan, and between 2018 and 2020 she held the position as Director of RWI´s office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Previous experience includes working for the International Legal Assistance Consortium, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights in Cambodia and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Meline Avagyan
Arman Gasparian
Arman Gasparian joins RWI as Programme Officer at the RWI Armenia Office. He has demonstrated history of working in the international development field (most notably, at the UN and the Council of Europe) and has experience in project and team management, event organisation, fundraising and advocacy, and data collection and analysis. Simultaneously to his work, Arman is also pursuing a PhD focusing in Public Governance from KU Leuven. Arman has authored close to ten academic articles, the most recent of which; “What causes satisfaction? A multiyear analysis of Armenian local communities” was published last month at Social Sciences & Humanities Open.
Arman can be reached at: arman.gasparyan@rwi.lu.se
Nona Galstyan
Nona Galstyan joins RWI as Senior Programme Associate at the RWI Armenia Office.
Nona has an experience in Programme Management with a demonstrated history of work with international NGOs, coordinating Human Resources section, managing and assisting different programmes. Nona is skilled in human recourses, public administration, governmental networking, data collection and analysing, youth participation, community development and more. Her latest work experience with UNICEF Armenia office, expanded her experience in Climate Change and resilience actions.
Nona can be reached at: nona.galstyan@rwi.lu.se
Contact the Yerevan Office
Address
106/1 Nalbandyan Street
Yerevan, Armenia
Email: office.yerevan@rwi.lu.se