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    THERE ARE 156.7 THOUSAND DISABLED PEOPLE IN ARMENIA

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    [12:20 pm] 01 December, 2008

    It is already a few months 42-year-old Sveta has settled in Yerevan
    with her four-member family. Sveta's eldest son entered university
    in 2008, and the family had to move to the capital from the village
    of Arzakan. Mrs. Sveta says she has encountered difficulties since
    the first day of removal.

    Mrs. Sveta is a second-degree invalid. She says she would be glad
    to lighten her family's burden by doing everyday shopping but
    unfortunately she cannot.

    "My family has always supported me. Yet, I always feel ashamed and
    depressed when in a company. I wish I could get in touch with people
    like me," says Mrs. Sveta.

    Note that in order to raise the awareness of disabled people and their
    families the government has declared a month's campaign of protecting
    the rights of people with disabilities.

    "Nowadays one can rarely see disabled people in the city as our
    streets and vehicles are not convenient for them. All structures
    and orgnisations dealing with the issues of the disabled are taking
    every possible effort to be helpful to them," said Zaruhy Botanyan,
    representative of the "Bridge of Hope" NGO.

    She finds that one of the achievements of the sphere is that Armenia
    became engaged in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
    Disabilities in 2007. The National Commission looking into the issues
    of handicapped people also has a key role in the sphere.

    Note that according to the RoA Ministry of Labor and Social Issues
    there are over 156.7 thousand disabled people in Armenia and 42
    percent of them are women.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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