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    SCHIRINIAN TO SPEAK ON 'EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN' AT AIWA BREAKFAST

    Armenian Weekly
    February 16, 2012

    ARLINGTON, Mass.-On Sat., Feb. 25, Ana Christina Schirinian, who
    spearheads agricultural development projects in Armenia and in other
    nations, will be the special guest at a breakfast reception at the
    Armenian Cultural Foundation (ACF) in Arlington.

    Ana Cristina Schirinian In an informal, illustrated program sponsored
    by the Armenian International Women's Association (AIWA), Schirinian
    will describe her experiences, and the lessons learned, from her
    work as president of Tierras de Armenia and as executive director of
    Fruitful Armenia.

    These projects have aimed to introduce the latest technology into
    agricultural activity in order to maximize efficiency and quality.

    Tierras de Armenia, for example, has taken a large arid expanse of land
    in the Armavir province and turned it into a productive fruit-bearing
    area, having clearly benefited from state-of-the-art irrigation
    provided by a newly constructed reservoir. Shirinian will also discuss
    her experience from agricultural development projects in other nations,
    notably Argentina, Morocco, and Italy, during the program.

    A native of Buenos Aires, Schirinian serves as special assistant to
    businessman Edwardo Eurnekian, the head of the Argentine holding
    company Corporacion America, who is especially known by Armenians
    for his activities in rebuilding Zvartnots Airport in Yerevan.

    Schirinian is visiting the U.S. to participate in the annual session
    of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations
    headquarters in New York. She will be featured in a workshop sponsored
    by AIWA on Mon., Feb. 27, from 6:15-7:45 p.m. at the Church Center,
    opposite the UN General Assembly building. Also participating in the
    New York workshop will be documentary photographer and attorney Sara
    Anjargolian from Los Angeles.

    The AIWA breakfast reception begins at 10 a.m. and is free and open to
    the public. The focus of Schirinian's talk will be "The Empowerment
    of Rural Women," as exemplified in her work supporting sustainable
    development.

    For more information, contact the AIWA office by calling (617)
    926-0171 or e-mailing [email protected].

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