{"id":41592,"date":"2022-07-13T13:23:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T13:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/?p=41592"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:31:41","slug":"eu4gender-equality-reform-helpdesk-trains-armenian-social-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/eu4gender-equality-reform-helpdesk-trains-armenian-social-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"EU4Gender Equality Reform Helpdesk trains Armenian social workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 97 social workers from the United Social Services of Armenia took part in two training courses organised by the EU-funded &#x2018;<strong>EU4Gender Equality Reform Helpdesk&#x2019;<\/strong> project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During April, May and June 2022, the online courses on &#x2018;Gender-sensitivity in social work&#x2019; and &#x2018;Social work with cases of violence&#x2019; equipped social workers with new knowledge and skills to strengthen their work. Through participatory, accessible online sessions, social workers learned how to make their work more gender-sensitive, to prevent and respond to cases of violence, including gender-based violence, and refer cases for further support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Participants shared experiences, and group discussions with trainers helped them to devise workable solutions to common challenges. <em>&#x201C;Our knowledge increased, some things were new to us: there are so many different approaches now from what we were doing before,&#x201D;<\/em> said one of the participants.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#x201C;Before taking this course, when I was on duty visiting abusive families, I didn&#8217;t know what to do,&#x201D;<\/em> explains another social worker from Armenia. <em>&#x201C;But now I am more confident on what to say and how to approach the situation, it is totally different.&#x201D;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the project, social workers address the complex needs of families in their communities on a daily basis, focusing on those living in the most vulnerable and disadvantaged situations. This is why the EU4Gender Equality Reform Helpdesk trained Armenian social workers to deliver more gender-sensitive, people-centred services.<\/p>\n<p>These kinds of trainings are at the heart of the &#x2018;EU4GenderEquality: Reform Helpdesk&#x2019; project, funded by the European Union and implemented by Niras. The project aims to ensure effective and equal results for women and men in six Eastern Partnership countries &#x2013; Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus*, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine &#x2013; by expanding the use of gender analysis in decision-making and reforms. This includes strengthening capacities in the public sector to make gender equality a reality for everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The training courses were delivered by expert trainers, Siranush Davtyan and Anna Hovhannisyan, on behalf of the EU4Gender Equality Helpdesk project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>[*The project does not provide support to the Government of Belarus; it only supports the EU Delegation and civil society].&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about the EU4Gender Equality Reform Helpdesk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euneighbourseast.eu\/projects\/eu-project-page\/?id=1480\">EU4GenderEquality: Reform Helpdesk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euneighbourseast.eu\/news-and-stories\/publications\/eu4-gender-equality-reform-helpdesk\/\">EU4 Gender Equality Reform Helpdesk &#x2013; factsheet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original source: &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/euneighbourseast.eu\/news\/latest-news\/eu4gender-equality-reform-helpdesk-trains-armenian-social-workers\/&#8221;&gt;EU Neighbours east&lt;\/a&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 97 social workers from the United Social Services of Armenia took part in two training courses organised by the EU-funded &#x2018;EU4Gender Equality Reform Helpdesk&#x2019; project.&nbsp; During April, May and June 2022, the online courses on &#x2018;Gender-sensitivity in social work&#x2019; and &#x2018;Social work with cases of violence&#x2019; equipped social workers with new knowledge and skills to strengthen their work. Through participatory, accessible online sessions, social workers learned how to make their work more gender-sensitive, to prevent and respond to cases of violence, including gender-based violence, and refer cases for further support.&nbsp; Participants shared experiences, and group discussions with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"topic":[525],"class_list":["post-41592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-story","topic-women"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41593,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41592\/revisions\/41593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41592"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eu4armenia.eu\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=41592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}