Topics to Cover:
1. General discussion of Armenia (geography, language, government, basic historical information - Ottoman rule, 1915 genocide, Soviet rule, post-Soviet transition)
2. The reason for Shelley's trip to Armenia (ASU application for State Department grant)
3. People and organizations I met with while in Armenia
4. Women's rights and rule of law issues in Armenia (sexual assault, domestic violence, deficiencies in Armenia's legal system re: women's rights, roadblocks to women's rights created by paternalistic government, Soviet-era thinking, and deficiencies in Armenian law - including challenges from WOMEN in Armenian government)
5. Armenian NGOs working to promote women's rights (Armenia Women's Resource Center - Gohar Shahnazaryan; Zangakatun - Anna Voskanyan)
6. Possible international partnership opportunities between us, the Soroptimist Club in Yerevan, AWRC and/or Zangakatun.