A TRAINING COURSE DEDICATED TO ENSURING GENDER EQUALITY STRUCTURES WAS HELD AT GSU

A training course was held for the professors of the Gavar State University, dedicated to the national and international legal foundations and frameworks for the protection of women's and men's rights, issues of ensuring gender equality in the higher educational institution. The course was conducted by Rector of GSU, Doctor of Legal Sciences Ruzanna Hakobyan and lecturer of the Chair of Law Ani Amiryan, who referred to the provisions of the RA Constitution, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the provisions of the RA Law "On Ensuring Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities for Women and Men", the principles of the UN "Declaration on the Right to Development" and other relevant acts. Reference was made to the methods and features of gender-sensitive pedagogy. Issues related to ensuring equal educational opportunities for students, showing caring attitude towards each student, encouraging everyone's participation in the learning process, as well as overcoming gender stereotypes were discussed. The role of educational institutions in preventing gender discrimination and creating a psychologically safe, inclusive educational environment was highlighted. As a result of the analysis of the basics of the gender policy of the Republic of Armenia, legislation and legal practice, the participants emphasized that the development of society and the state is possible only in a harmonious social system, where the potential of both men and women is fully revealed and realized. Training courses at GSU are continuous.