EMPLOYER: Society Without Violence NGO

HOURS OF DUTY: 20 per week

WORKING HOURS: Part time

WORKING DAYS: Monday-Friday

SALARY: Unpaid

LOCATION: Yerevan, Armenia

DEADLINE: 25.06.2019

STARTING DATE: 01.07.2019

DURATION: 3 month, with possible extension

JOB DESCRIPTION: SWV offers 2 internship positions for highly dynamic and enthusiastic young individuals interested in women’s rights and gender equality promotion, who are open to learn and to take initiatives, support office operations and activities and be responsible for assisting in the development and management of organization’s projects. The internship is open for anyone who have expressed interest in activism and advocacy for women’s rights, human rights, and civil rights.

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Event organiser                                                                                                                                                                                             

Duties and responsibilities

•             Organisation of and participation in public events supporting gender equality, diversity and women’s rights, specifically the organisation of the Gender Equality Day in Armenia on July 27,

•             Organization of other events such as flash mobs, presentations, trainings, conferences, workshops, roundtables, etc.

Administrative and technical officer

Duties and responsibilities

•             Website information update and maintenance,

•             Graphics design and digital photographs adjustment,

•             Introduction of ideas on the design and performance improvement of the website,

•             Ensuring the website’s visual imagery is in line with SWV’s general design rules, etc.

If you are interested in one of the two Internship positions, please send a letter of interest (up to one page) together with you CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. mentioning in the subject line the name of the position you are applying.

Society Without Violence NGO 

Society Without Violence NGO (SWV) is a women’s rights defender organization founded in 2001. Since its establishment the organization is implementing projects focusing on women’s empowerment, awareness raising, promotion of social activism and leadership skills among women. Our mission is to contribute to women’s participation in the socio-economic and political life of Armenia.  

Since 2004 SWV has been working with Kvinna Till Kvinna (KTK) Swedish Foundation that promotes women’s rights in more than 20 countries and during the recent years the partnership has been focused on contributing to the establishment of gender sensitive educational system in Armenia. The evaluation of the previous projects revealed that teachers and students do not fully succeed at internalizing gender knowledge within short training sessions. To tackle this gap SWV launches a new project “Enabling accessible and sustained gender education in Armenia(n)” with the financial support of KTK. The main objective of the project is to develop and construct gender education courses with the aim to create online academic platform on gender studies.  

Within the framework of the above presented project, SWV announces a call for experts in women and gender studies.        

Experts fulfilling the competence requirements listed below are invited to submit their applications. 

Required qualifications 

• Advanced university degree in gender and women studies, social sciences, development studies or any related discipline; 

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience in gender/women studies at national and/or international level, including a minimum of two years of academic research background; 

• Familiarity with policy, legal, regulatory frameworks in relevant fields and good understanding of the context; 

• Professional fluency in English and Armenian with excellent writing and oral skills; 

• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills; 

• Proven ability to work as a member of a team consisting of both local and international experts; 

• Demonstrated awareness on gender matters and sensitivity. 

Responsibilities and key results expected  

• To conduct extensive research on gender and women’s studies and subsequently develop and design educational materials;  

• To participate in meetings with beneficiaries and stakeholders (round table discussions); 

• To adapt educational material on women and gender related topics to the Armenian context;  

• To develop and design the outline and the syllabus of an academic course. 

Terms and conditions  

The experts will be paid highly competitive salary. In addition, travel costs and daily subsistence allowance for attending meetings or undertaking research assignments will be paid.  The period of consultancy is one year (with the possible extension). 

How to apply 

All interested and qualified applicants are requested to submit a CV, a letter of interest and a research paper (maximum of 10 pages) in English by April 10 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Successful candidates would be contacted further for an interview.  

Society Without Violence NGO 

Society Without Violence NGO (SWV) is a women’s rights defender organization founded in 2001. Since its establishment the organization is implementing projects focusing on women’s empowerment, awareness raising, promotion of social activism and leadership skills among women. Our mission is to contribute to women’s participation in the socio-economic and political life of Armenia.  

Since 2004 SWV has been working with Kvinna Till Kvinna (KTK) Swedish Foundation that promotes women’s rights in more than 20 countries and during the recent years the partnership has been focused on contributing to the establishment of gender sensitive educational system in Armenia. The evaluation of the previous projects revealed that teachers and students do not fully succeed at internalizing gender knowledge within short training sessions. To tackle this gap SWV launches a new project “Enabling accessible and sustained gender education in Armenia(n)” with the financial support of KTK. The main objective of the project is to develop and construct gender education courses with the aim to create online academic platform on gender studies.  

Within the framework of the above presented project, SWV announces a call for experts in women and gender studies.        

Experts fulfilling the competence requirements listed below are invited to submit their applications. 

Required qualifications 

• Advanced university degree in gender and women studies, social sciences, development studies or any related discipline; 

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience in gender/women studies at national and/or international level, including a minimum of two years of academic research background; 

• Familiarity with policy, legal, regulatory frameworks in relevant fields and good understanding of the context; 

• Professional fluency in English and Armenian with excellent writing and oral skills; 

• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills; 

• Proven ability to work as a member of a team consisting of both local and international experts; 

• Demonstrated awareness on gender matters and sensitivity. 

Responsibilities and key results expected  

• To conduct extensive research on gender and women’s studies and subsequently develop and design educational materials;  

• To participate in meetings with beneficiaries and stakeholders (round table discussions); 

• To adapt educational material on women and gender related topics to the Armenian context;  

• To develop and design the outline and the syllabus of an academic course. 

Terms and conditions  

The experts will be paid highly competitive salary. In addition, travel costs and daily subsistence allowance for attending meetings or undertaking research assignments will be paid.  The period of consultancy is one year (with the possible extension). 

How to apply 

All interested and qualified applicants are requested to submit a CV, a letter of interest and a research paper (maximum of 10 pages) in English by April 10 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Successful candidates would be contacted further for an interview.  

“Take Action” Women’s political club, commenced since January 2019, is one of the unique programs aimed at empowering women. How can we empower women? We seek to combine both theoretical knowledge and practical skills, unite Armenia’s active women and vitally, give them a platform to express their opinion on various political events, empower them with the assistance of their teammates.

In this preparatory phase we are expanding the boundaries of the cooperation. On February, our team had meetings at Shirak and Lori Governor’s offices. During those meetings, representatives from the governor’s offices were introduced to the particularities of the project and perspective collaboration was drafted. It is of high importance to highlight that the most active participants will be given the opportunity to complete an internship at the local authorities’ offices. The project information is widely circulated among students and active women.

In the meantime, the public elaboration of the project remains as one of our focal objectives. On March 4, at “Article 3” SWV organized a public event named “Educational system: opportunity or obstacle for young women to enter politics”. The active discussion testified to the fact that our educational system is to the large extent non-gender-sensitive which poses many challenges for politically active women. The representative from political and educational sectors expressed their concerns about the disadvantages of our educational system and exchanged ideas of how reforms can be adopted.

“Act now, make a change”: this is our motto. We are ready to assist you, discuss your ideas, help you to raise your concerns.