Domestic Violence in Moldova - The Advocates for Human Rights

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis report was written by Belinda Cooper, Elisabeth Duban and Robin Phillips.Minnesota Advocates acknowledges with great appreciation the research and fieldwork inArmenia carried out by Belinda Cooper, Elisabeth Duban, Robin Phillips, DeniseGamache, Joan Kuriansky and Nicole Willis-Grimes.Minnesota Advocates would like to acknowledge and thank the women of Armenia andin particular express our appreciation to the staff of the Women’s Rights Center,Yerevan, Armenia. Minnesota Advocates would also like to thank the followingindividuals: Susanna Vardanyan, Lilit Arabajyan and Artashes Vardanyan, withoutwhom this report would not have been possible.Special thanks to the Battered Women’s Justice Project and its staff and consultants,Loretta Frederick and Denise Gamache, Bill Carter and Joan Kuriansky. Thanks toMalinda Schmiechen for her research and writing contributions to the report and to DavidWeissbrodt, Lynn Thomas, Aviva Breen, Jerry Meites, H. Anne Nicholson and SheilaScott for their editing contributions. Thanks also to Vincent Lima, Clare Palfreyman,Jean Farmarkes, Bogdan Ciubotaru, Eugene Sherayzen, and Susan Burns for their workin research, writing, editing and translation.This research was conducted in collaboration with Winrock International as the firstphase of a larger project entitled “DOS-INL Anti-Domestic Violence and Trafficking inWomen and Children Project.”DEDICATIONThis report is dedicated to all Armenian women.This project was funded, in part, through Grant Number S-OPRAQ-99-H-N005.The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed herein arethose of the Authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of State.