Right Side Human Rights Defender NGO | |
Իրավունքի Կողմ | |
Founded | 2016 |
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Legal status | Non-governmental organization |
Focus | Transgender rights, Sex workers' rights, LGBT rights in Armenia, LGBT activism |
Headquarters | Yerevan |
Location | |
Methods | Advocacy |
Director | Lilit Martirosyan |
Main organ | General Assembly |
Affiliations | Transgender Europe[1] |
Website | rightsidengo |
Right Side NGO (Armenian: Իրավունքի Կողմ, romanized: Aj koghm) is the first transgender rights organization in Armenia and the first trans-led organization in the South Caucasus region.[2] Right Side NGO was founded in 2016 as a non-governmental organization and is headquartered in Yerevan. Its mission is to serve and support the needs of transgender individuals and sex workers in Armenia, to promote their human rights protection, and to advocate for the change of public policy around transgender and sex work issues.[3][4]