On the 8^th of June 2011, at 14:00, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting in collaboration with the Women's Resource Center will be conducting a round table discussion on sexual abuse against women and the measures required to prevent sexual abuse.  

At the round table, Lara Aharonyan, head of the Women's Resource Center, will make a presentation outlining the significant issues surrounding the rise in sexual violence in Armenia. She will also be discussing some of the key data which have risen connected with the issue of sexual violence from the Women's Resource Center's own research.  

Also the Police officials, representatives from the Prosecutor General's Office, Justice Ministry and members of local and international organizations will attend the round table. Journalists and participants from activist groups will also be invited to discuss the issues of sexual violence in an Armenian context and to consider and develop some possible ways of preventing sexual abuse against women.