Armenian tech leader and women's rights advocate Amalya Yeghoyan on closing the tech sector's gender gap and speaking at the UN

On Topic, Off Script host, journalist Brian Mastroianni, sits down with Armenian tech leader and women's rights advocate Amalya Yeghoyan.

Back in March, Brian attended a presentation that was given during the United Nations 68th Commission on the Status of Women, in New York City. The presentation was led by Amalya Yeghoyan, the executive director of Fund for Armenia Relief’s (FAR) Gyumri Information Technology Center (GITC). She was invited to speak on efforts to promote women’s empowerment through economic involvement and support in Armenia — and beyond. 

For Amalya, empowering women through technology is a personal mission. GITC was founded in Gyumri, Armenia’s second-largest city, in 2005, with the aim of offering educational opportunities to local students interested in computer programming, design, science and math, leveraging tech to foster long-term employment opportunities for people in the region.

Amalya is a graduate herself from GITC’s programs, starting out as a receptionist at the center and now...its executive director. 

Her path is a crossroads where education, technology, and opportunity all met to empower her to succeed. Now, she wants other women to have the same opportunities. This year, GITC's Women’s Economic Empowerment Accelerator was inaugurated, and Amalya is excited to see more women take advantage of these programs. 

She’s here to discuss the role tech can play in closing gender gaps in pay and opportunity, not just in Armenia, but globally, what it was like to speak at the UN, and what kind of world she wants to see her own daughter inherit. 

Amalya Yeghoyan: LinkedIn

Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR): Website, Facebook, X, Instagram,

GITC: Website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook

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