Steps towards Family well-being 

Six large families participated in an interactive event aimed at promoting joint decision-making and responsible fatherhood within families. The event, titled “Four Walls and DNA Chain”, was held at the “Khachmeruk” Educational Consulting Center Foundation. It was part of the “Awareness raising: steps towards Family well-being” project, implemented in collaboration with the World Council of Churches Armenia Round Table Foundation (ART) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).  

Community events dedicated to families hold special significance: they provide an opportunity to remember and appreciate the vital role families play in human life, regardless of the challenges posed by the modern world. Considering that family is the fundamental unit of society, the event aimed to strengthen direct communication within families.

During the event, a quiz game was organized with 6 families, consisting of 3 rounds of questions and tasks. This ensured full engagement and participation of all family members, contributing to the strengthening of family bonds, spending qualified time together, and creating memories.

Afterwards, the participating families and attendees were introduced to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in Armenia in 1992. Printed materials were provided, and time was allocated for familiarizing themselves with the articles and cases of the convention. Participants were then asked to identify violations of children’s rights in case descriptions and specify which rights were infringed upon in each instance.

Apart from participating families, other families with their children were also present as spectators.

The “Awareness raising: steps towards Family well-being” project is implemented within the framework of the second phase of the “EU 4 Gender Equality: Together against gender stereotypes and gender-based violence” programme (phase 2), funded by the European Union, implemented jointly by UN Women and UNFPA, in collaboration with the World Council of Churches Armenia Round Table Foundation. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the WCC Armenia Round Table Foundation, and it does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union, UNFPA, and UN Women.