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There are 776.5 thousand 0-19 year old children living in Armenia, 364.5 or 47% of them are girls. 37,3% of our children, including girls, live in poverty, 3,3% of them \u2013 in extreme poverty. Every second child living in an extended family is poor. In Armenia\u00a0 the ratio of families who have a desire to have a girl child and those \u2013 a boy child is 1\/6.<\/p>\n
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Although after the birth of a girl-child the Armenian families provide the same care and attention as in case of a boy-child, because of sex-selective abortions every year 1500 girls are not born, and if the trend is maintained, the experts predict, that we will lose 93 000 girls or future mothers until 2060.<\/p>\n
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In 2014, in Armenia 20,287 girls and 22,869 boys were born, \/the ratio – 100 girl \u2013 114 boys\/ whereas the natural ratio would have been 100 girls \u2013 102-106 boys.<\/p>\n
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Our girls demonstrate better progress at school than boys.<\/p>\n
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65,2% of children studying at music, art schools are girls.<\/p>\n
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After growing up our girls:<\/p>\n
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–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Get education (women make up 60% of people with higher education)<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The average marriage age is 26,8 an in villages \u2013 25,5<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On average they have 1-2 children 32,6% of men and 24,6% of women<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They alone head one third of families<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Receive about 65,6% of men’s wages and earn 60% of men’s net average monthly income<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Occupy not more than 10% of governing positions in the management sphere<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Live on average 78 years, 6 years longer than men<\/p>\n
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