”Pink” human rights defender NGO (Pink Armenia)

“Pink” Human rights defender NGO (Pink Armenia) (www.pinkarmenia.org) is Armenian community-based LGBT+ organization, which means that the organization has been established by the LGBT+ community and serves and supports the needs of the community. Pink Armenia was founded in 2007 and works towards the vision of a society in which “human rights of all are protected and everybody is accepted regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity and/or gender expression.” Pink human rights defender NGO’s activities are based on the needs of LGBT people and on the goals set by the organization to provide several services to beneficiaries. These services include psychological, social, and legal support, and are provided to those who need it. Pink also implements various cultural and entertainment events aimed at developing the potential of the community. The organization has worked extensively on raising public awareness about sexual and reproductive health and rights, including sexually transmitted infections (notably HIV/AIDS) and their prevention in the early years of operation, while last couple of years organization is specialising in strategic communications and campaigning. In the field of human rights protection and advocacy, Pink Armenia offers a full range of services for LGBT+ community members whose rights have been violated based on sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression. Pink Armenia also monitors and documents human rights violations, hate speeches and hate crimes towards LGBTQ+ people. Pink publishes an annual reports detailing the human rights situation for LGBTQ+ people in Armenia (since 2011) and actively advocates for the community at a local, national and international level. Pink Armenia works from an administrative office in Yerevan and runs community centres in Yerevan (since 2015), Vanadzor (since 2019) and Gyumri (since 2022).