WINNET Armenia Network of Women Resource Centers

WINNET Armenia Network of Women Resource Centers is rated 3 out of 5 in the category civic & social organization. Read and write reviews about WINNET Armenia Network of Women Resource Centers. W.IN.NET Interreg III C W.IN.NET 2003–2005, a European Network of Women’s Resource Centres (Lead Partner Sweden, partners from France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia). W.IN.NET was promoted with the aim of creating a European network of Women’s Resource Centres, through interregional cooperation, able to increase and improve policies and tools for Equal Opportunities between men and women at the local, regional and European level, promoting women’s role in development. The model of the European Network of Women’s Resource Centres has been developed focusing on the following subjects: 1. Modelling of Resource Centres for Women, as promoters of regional and local development 2. Women entrepreneurs 3. Territorial systems on gender equality and local development 4. Services and activities for unemployed women and women in difficulty 5. Women and new technologies. As a sustainable outcome of the project, the Winnet Europe Association was founded in 2006. More information about Winnet Europe is available on its official website at www.winneteurope.org. Since June 2015, Women’s Development Resource Center Foundation (WDRCF), backed by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Winnet Sweden and Winnet Europe, has engaged Armenian network of WRCs (Winnet Armenia) in an initiative to strengthen the role of WRCs as key actors of local/regional growth and support the participation of women in regional development. It targets WRCs in Armenia as well as aims to establish partnership platform for WRCs in the Eastern Partnership countries. By sharing best practices learned through years of experience. Winnet Sweden and Armenia aim to : (i) increase the capacity, role, visibility, and impact of Winnet Armenia network in the country; (ii) provide women's empowerment opportunities in the local beneficiary communities; and, (iii) strengthen regional cooperation and experience sharing among women’s resource centres.