Angelika Arutyunova is Armenian and was born and raised in Uzbekistan. She is Director of Feminist Movement Building at AWID. Prior to joining AWID she worked for the Global Fund for Women as Program Director for Europe and CIS. Angelika served on the Board of the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) in the US and is active in the Armenian Diaspora in the United States.
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Published in: 50.50Feminist Futures: building collective power for rights and justice
In times of unprecedented repression and violence, AWID’s upcoming International Forum aims to transform diverse...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageFrom aid to investment: funding women's rights groups
A paradigm shift in funding from human rights toward 'investments' and 'business solutions' is threatening women’s...
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Published in: 50.50Women's human rights: Watering the leaves, starving the roots
Women and girls are in the public eye, recognized as key agents in development as never before. So why doesn't the...
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Published in: 50.50Women’s empowerment in Central Asia and movement building
For the first time at CSW, women from Central Asia shared their stories. I realized that this in itself is the...