CONGRATULATIONS to IAGS member, Dr Rubina Peroomian of California for a new title: The Armenian Genocide in Literature, The Second Generation Responds Published by the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Yerevan, Armenia. This volume, the fourth in Rubina's continuing study and analysis of Diasporan Armenian literature, shows that the children of survivors were affected by their parents' traumatic experience, and this is regardless of how

Jewish Public Policy Umbrella Calls on US to Recognize Armenian Genocide Azbarez 21 October 2015     WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Jewish public policy umbrella called on the U.S. government to recognize the World War I-era Turkish massacres of Armenians as a genocide, a reversal of years of the Jewish community treading delicately around the issue. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs at its annual meeting last week called on Jewish community

The Armenian Genocide and Non-acknowledgment Professor Ervin Staub, The Huffington Post 27 April 2015   The genocide of the Armenians began in April 1915. The influences that led to it are similar to those in other genocides. The once powerful Turkish empire suffered great losses, through economic deterioration, in territory as subjugated minorities freed themselves -- Bulgaria in 1908 and Greece in the Balkan wars between 1911-13 -- and in

A Century After Armenian Genocide, Turkey's Denial Only Deepens Tim Arango, New York Times 16 April 2015 CUNGUS, Turkey — The crumbling stone monastery, built into the hillside, stands as a forlorn monument to an awful past. So, too, does the decaying church on the other side of this mountain village. Farther out, a crevice is sliced into the earth, so deep that peering into it, one sees only blackness. Haunting for its history, it was there that

The Word Obama Can’t Bring Himself to Say Adam B. Lerner, POLITICO Magazine April 2015   In April, there is a Washington ritual as predictable as budget debates and cherry blossoms. This is the month that Armenian lobbyists, public relations groups, diplomats, grassroots activists, celebrities and a handful of sympathetic lawmakers attempt to convince the U.S. government — and the president, in particular — to use the word genocide

Meet the feminists changing the world for girls from Kenya to Egypt Ellie Mae O'Hagan, The Guardian 13 April 2015   Sri Lanka Sarah Soysa: ‘Young feminists are considered to be an evil, scary threat’ Feminism is needed for teenage girls in Sri Lanka. Women, young people and transgender people are harassed and disempowered. Opportunities are taken away from them. Sri Lanka has a particularly high teenage pregnancy rate. A Unicef study found

Pope's genocide comments spark indifference, frustration among Turks Tuvan Gumruku and Ece Toksabay, Reuters 13 April 2015   (Reuters) - When Pope Francis became the first pontiff to publicly call the 1915 Armenian massacre a genocide this weekend, the reaction from Ankara was swift and irate: it summoned the Vatican ambassador for a dressing down and recalled its own envoy. Reaction in the Turkish media on Monday ranged from indignant to indifferent,

UN body adopts Armenia-initiated Resolution on Prevention of Genocide Armenia Now 29 March 2015   The United Nations Human Rights Council, which is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe, during its 28th session this week adopted by consensus the Armenia-initiated Resolution on the Prevention of Genocide. According to the Armenian Ministry

  The Armenian Genocide: A Century of Sorrow Saturday, 28 March 2015 1521 16th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.   Reception to follow. Lunch will be provided. Mastrapa Consultants and Political Developments Research Center are pleased to invite you to the 28 March 2015 symposium, “The Armenian Genocide: A Century of Sorrow”. One hundred years ago the historical persecution of Armenian Christians by Ottoman Turks

Armenia makes Centenary call for Turkey to recognise 1915 killings as genocide Centenary News 9 February 2015   Armenia issued a Centenary declaration on January 29th 2015, repeating demands for Turkey to recognize the killing of Armenians during the First World War as genocide. President Serzh Sargsyan read the 'Pan-Armenian Declaration on the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide' during a ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in the capital,