World Day for Prevention of Abuse and Violence against Children: situation in Armenia

Today is World Day of Prevention of Violence against Children.

Neighbors of a family loving in Erebuni say that every night they are awaken by the weeping, weiling voice of children. But the matter is not one would dare to alarm. Maybe this would continue happening long if the mother would not share her concern with the neighbor. So, the conscientious neighbor applied to the police, Ombudsman’s office and women’s rights organizations. The children were taken to a boarding school, until that time schoold-aged children had not attrndrd educational institutions. The wife was temporarily placed in women’s rights organization.

NGOs dealing with this issue are warning that there is a phenomenon of violence against children in Armenia, a declining trend is not observed, on the contrary, it gets new manifestations as a consequence of deepening poverty.

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