PARIS,France (A.
W.) The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) participated in the Young European Socialist (YES) Bureau assembly at YES headquarters in Paris on Nov. 25-27. The AYF participated in the Young European Socialist (YES) Bureau assembly at the YES’s headquarters in Paris from Nov. 25-27. Thirty representatives from European socialist and social democratic youth and student organizations participated in the assembly. According to an Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau Youth Office press release, Sarineh Abrahamian from Holland represented the AYF. In her opening remarks, and president of the French Young Socialist Party Laura Slimani,stressed that these were difficult times for socialists. She added that it is indispensable to remain united and fight in the name of socialist values, which include social justice, or equality,and women’s rights. In the evening of Nov. 25, participants took part in a demonstration, or protesting violence against women on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The following day,the assembly continued in one of the halls of the French National Assembly. Participants were divided into groups to work on separate resolutions and to later present them. The assembly adopted resolutions regarding the rights of women, the use [...]
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