The voice of children

According to the data of the RA Police for the first seven months of 2017, 416 cases of domestic violence were registered, 235 of which were practiced by spouses against wives. According to the Coalition to Stop Violence against Women at least five women were killed by their spouse or partner during the same period. And the number of phone calls received to the hotline of the coalition’s member organizations has doubled to 4500. These worrying statistics are also children who often witness domestic violence or are a direct victims …

“I remember  so many times  we had to sleep at other people’s house … we were tired. Almost every day he was drunk, he used to throw over us everything, there was nothing left in the house, he broke down everything… My mother was beaten and we were beaten  too. Mama constantly complained of injuries, they used to say. “You do not complain properly.  Levon did not work, as his daughter tells, they used to collect berries with her mother from the forest, selling on the market, but spending the entire amount of money on alcohol… In October of this year, doctors saved the lives of her mother, 54-year-old Siranush, after her husband’s knife hitting …

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