The photo exhibition "Resilience - Women Stories Inspiring Change" was opened in the Palace of Culture after Komitas

Foreign Relations
30.11.2022

The photo exhibition "Resilience - Women Stories Inspiring Change" was opened in the Palace of Culture after Komitas in Vagharshapat. The exhibition of photo stories, organized in cooperation with the "World Press Photo" Foundation and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, includes the winners of the "World Press Photo" competition from 2000 to 2021, depicting the challenges women, girls and countries in the world face, and the stories of how to deal with them. In his speech in Armenian, Nicholas Jacob Schermers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Armenia, emphasized the commitment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to women's rights, gender equality and justice. Diana Gasparyan, the head of the community, noted that such events are another opportunity to fight against discrimination, to speak out about gender-based violence, to show that many women have been strong and have overcome the difficulties they have encountered on their way. The photo exhibition includes many stories documented by 17 photographers of 13 nationalities. The exhibition is represented in more than 100 countries.

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