Wo/Men in Politics
Black and White Radio Programme
Live on Radio Hay
Listen to two opposing opinions on one issue!
The British Council, as part of its Wo/Men in Politics project funded by the British Embassy Yerevan, launched a radio programme aired on Radio Hay FM 104.1 each second Wednesday of the month at 16.00, starting from 15 July 2009.
The programme facilitated face to face hot debate between male and female political and public figures on various issues of interest.
The first programme on 15 July featured Artsvik Minasyan, MP (ARF Faction), and Heriqnaz Harutyunyan, Editor of the Yerevan Press Club, debating live in the Black and White corners on the role and rights of women in society. See the full list of programmes below:
Date Topic Guests
30 December The traditional or the modern? Araks Poghosyan and Vahagn Tevosyan, Announcers of the Black and White Programme
15 December Issues of socially vulnerable groups in Armenia Hakob Hakobyan, Chief of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs of the National Assembly of RA.
Lusine Stepanyan, journalist, 168 hours newspaper
2 December Environment or economic development? Garegin Aslanyan, Deputy CEO of Coca-Cola, Armenia, Member of the Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia
Karine Danielyan, President of the Association for Sustainable Human Development
25 November Healthcare issues in Armenia: treatment by government order Davit Hakobyan, Leader of Marxist party of Armenia
Khachanush Hakobyan, Executive director of the Armenian-American Wellness centre
4 November The rights of sexual minorities in Armenia Ghazar priest Petrosyan, Priest of the St. Grigor Church Byuravan village(Ararat region)
Lusine Vayachyan, journalist
21 October Football - Sport or Politics Aghavni Karakahnyan, Director of the Institute for Civil Society and Regional Development
Andreas. Ghukasyan, Political analyst
7 October Violations against the Labour Code of the RA: discrimination in labour market
Mane Karapetyan, Lawyer and Mamikon Simonyan, Founder of the “Multishok” journal
23 September Problems that face disabled people in Armenia, their employment opportunities Anahit Gevorgyan, Deputy Head, Department of the Issues of Elderly People and Disabled, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Armenia
Armen Alaverdyan, Executive Director of UNISON NGO
9 September Current developments of the Turkish-Armenian political relations Lilit Galstyan, Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Karen Avagyan, Republican Party of Armenia
26 August Tolerance in the Armenian musical reality Shushan Petrosyan, Singer, National Artist of Armenia
Misho, Rapper
12 August Karabakh issue and public awareness around it Larisa Alaverdyan MP, Heritage Fraction
Gagik Melikyan MP, Republican Party of Armenia
30 July Freedom of Speech Armine Ohanyan, Chief Editor of "Hraparak" newspaper
Hayk Gevorgyan, Editions Editor of "Haykakan Zhamanak" daily
15 July The role and rights of women in the Armenian society Artsvik Minasyan MP, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Faction
Heriqnaz Harutyunyan, Editor of the Yerevan Press Club
For more information about the Wo/Men in Politics Project, please contact Programmes Manager, Inessa Muradyan.
