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About Armenian Women
- Armenian Women Artists (by Gina Hablanian) focuses on fine arts
- Bibliography of info on Armenian women (by Karen Merguerian)
Scholarship applications available!
AIWA is now accepting applications for scholarship awards for the 2010-2011 academic year.
[Application and information here.]
Save the Date: Women's History Month Commemoration
"A Woman's Response to Tragedy: Armenian Writer Arshagouhi Teotig in Adana, 1909"Illustrated presentation by Dr. Rita Kuyumjian, Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University, Montreal.
Prominent Armenian author and activist Arshaguhi Teotig traveled to Adana soon after the devastating April massacres there and established a school for orphaned girls. Her subsequent 1910 publication, A Month in Cilicia, provides a poignant description of the devastation in Adana and the massive efforts to rebuild the community.
Date and time: Sunday, March 28, 3pm
Place: Armenian Cultural Foundation, Arlington, MA
Open to the public, free of charge. Reception to follow.
AIWA photos now on Flickr
Our Flickr photostream features events, meetings and conferences
View our Buenos Aires slideshow on Flickr, and thanks for your support of our 5th International Conference!
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AIWA supports midwife in Armenia
Read about Martha Boudakian, an Armenian American midwife working in partnership with the Children of Armenia Fund
Other News
AIWA New England is pleased to be a sponsor of AJAKITS. AJAKITS means "helping hands" in Armenian. Our affiliate has been helping their domestic violence shelters in Armenia by sending funds to support keeping them open and functioning.
Did you know...AIWA is an accredited NGO affiliated with the United Nations! As an affiliate, we are able to voice the concerns of Armenian women at briefings and conferences, and we promote knowledge of the United Nations, its programs and activities.