Sona Martirosyan

Sona Martirosyan received her Masters Degree in journalism at Yerevan State University. She continued her education at the Yerevan School of Political Studies supported by the Council of Europe. For five years she worked as a correspondent for several local and international news outlets. For the past nine years she worked as the director of the news website Aysor.am. Sona has carried out projects in media literacy, protection of ethnic, religious and sexual minorities’ rights, women’s involvement in peacemaking processes and identity based discrimination. Currently, she is the head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia.


 

Articles by Sona Martirosyan

Sexual Discourse: Speaking About the Unspeakable

In the public discourse, sex is often seen as being diametrically opposed to almost everything - religion, love, traditional values, even the motherland. With this in mind, many will be shocked to hear that sex does exist in Armenia, Sona Martirosyan writes.

Deinstitutionalization: A Policy That Ensures a Child’s Right to Family Life

Over a decade ago, Armenia’s government launched a pilot project called Deinstitutionalization of Orphanages. The initiative, which also sought the creation of a Foster Family program was not successful for many reasons, but mostly because it was never really child-centered. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs is set to change that.

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