YEREVAN. – A workshop, entitled “Combination and Coordination of Efforts toward Gender Issues in Disaster Risk Reduction,” will be convened Friday in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan.

The event will be held jointly by the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations, the “National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction” Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and Oxfam GB Armenia.  

The event will bring together Emergency Situations Minister Armen Yeritsyan, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Armenia Bradley Busetto, and Head of the EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Traian Hristea.