This document provides an annual review and plans from the Dignity Movement NGO in Armenia for 2020 and 2021. In 2020, they ran campaigns for peace, equality, and harm reduction, mobilized over 1,000 youth through their Dance of Dignity art project, provided online consultations to over 3,300 young people, and generated income through events and services. However, the pandemic and war left them without funds for 2021. Their plans include opening youth clubs, continuing human rights work, and campaigning for issues impacting Armenian youth.

1. DIGNITY MOVEMENT
DANCE OF DIGNITY

2. DIGNITY MOVEMENT
DANCE OF DIGNITY
• H A P P Y N E W Y E A R •
2021Dear friends, 2020 was a hard year for most of us, and it required to be
diligent. We were very hardworking and have done an amazing job last
year, which leads us to believe that 2021 will be brighter, with new
achievements.
We are sharing with you our 2020 annual review of our activism. We are
thankful to all you for your unconditional support and rely on their
generous and continues support in 2021.
with warmest wishes,
Ashot, Zara and Artur
Dignity Movement NGO is a liberal, reformist movement trying to widen opportunities of youth Armenia. We run by and for
youth to shape youth needs and rights based political, social and cultural agenda.
Dance of Dignity is the art project of Dignity Movement aiming to mobilise youth, art and businesses on common needs.
W W W . D I G N I T Y M O V E M E N T . A M

3. CAMPAIGNING
We have run 3 online campaigns for peace, equality and harm reduction.
One of the campaigns has been appeared on Radio Free Europe reportage.
We have joined the Global campaign #wearamask #savetheculutre to
reopen cultural and art venues in Armenia.
We reach through email and Social Media marketing about 122000 young
people aged 18-35 throughout Armenia.
We have launched an SMS campaign during the war to fundraise for the
Hayastan All Armenian Fund. The campaign has reached 6823 young
people.

4. We have 1 case in the Court of Cassation. A case against Hraparak news
agency for spreading disinformation.
We have 1 case at the Ombudsman office and at the Ministry of Education,
Science, Culture and Sports. A case against Brusov State University because
of the absence of ethics regulation and mechanisms to review the
complaints from the students
We have submitted 1 application to the police. In summer employer
physically and verbally attacked uncontracted young employee.
SEEKING JUSTICE IN ARMENIA

5. Our art project Dance of Dignity aiming to mobilise youth in Armenia co-
hosted 2 events only in January. We organised our second largest art
performance in Stanislavski Drama Theatre In February. In total we
mobilized 1123 people offline only in January and February.
The covid pandemic has affected negatively on us as well, but we became
online, built a website www.dignitymovement.am, started to provide digital
services and consultations. We have provided online consultations about
rights and healthcare about 3300 young people in Armenia using social
media such as instagram, facebook.
YOUTH MOBILISATION

6. Our art project Dance of Dignity collected about EUR 2000 , We have sold
223 tickets to our events. The last event was held in February and we were
not able to be more active this year due to the pandemic and war.
We have generated income from selling our artists' music there. From
September to December we have generated only 120 USD, and because of the
optimisation strategy have to discontinue our music label and production.
We have also generated about EUR 4000 from providing marketing and event
management services to local businesses.
GENERATING INCOME

7. We have collaborated with 7 artists in 2020. We are thankful to our local
performing artists Total, Kamavosian, Alan Smithee, Nancy Movs, Cast
Coverts. We welcomed new performing artists from Argentina - Insidevoices,
the Netherlands - 9NNTN. We were happy to collaborate with Armenian
visual artists - Armenian Realist and Ripsy Miller.
We have enlarged our business partners network. We welcomed the Corner
Cafe, Gulden International Art Club to our network, joining 12 other
businesses to support us.
The first state institution to collaborate was State Russian Drama Theater
named after stanislavsky, were we performed our TechnoTheater.
PARTNERS AND FRIENDS

8. The war and the coronavirus has left us without almost without funds for 2021.
But we have big ideas and projects that we will work on hard to implement.
PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR
a youth and student art and political club in Yerevan,
a youth and student art and political club in Tavush,
bring the Techno Theater to Gyumri with the Gyumri State Puppet Theater,
continue our human rights work to achieve equality and justice for youth
and students,
continue our educational activities about harm reduction, human rights and
equality among youth,
campaign for the causes that effect the lives of youth and students in
Armenia.

9. DIGNITY MOVEMENT
DANCE OF DIGNITY