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ARMENIAN CHILDREN ARE VERY POOR
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/12/13/children
According to official data, 41.4 percent of children in Armenia are
considered poor, and 3.7 percent are in extreme poverty.
"If a person is poor and doesn't have the income for minimum living
standards, then that is already a violation of a family's right,"
MP Hakob Hakobyan mentioned during a press conference today.
The representatives of all spheres related to children's issues
today gathered around a round table to find ways out of the current
situation.
The MP also said Armenia has achieved success in the social sphere,
but the flaws are clear. "Compared to 2008, poverty has increased by
8 percent, and it is obvious that children's rights are violated."
He proposes to lead a policy so that children's rights are not violated
in the family.
Chairperson of the NA standing committee on healthcare Ara Babloyan
says children's rights have been protected by the law for the past
three years, and he considers the free birth an achievement.
After a certain age, children with violated rights are also capable
of committing crimes, and that is what concerns Head of the Service
for Minors of the RA Police Nelly Duryan the most.
Duryan also touched upon the latest child molestations and says even
though there have been such cases before, they have never been raised.
"We have to raise our concerns in order to prevent such cases from
happening again, but we have to be careful because this refers to
children," the head of the service said.
The RA Minister of Education and Science said he was strictly concerned
with the education of children of socially disadvantaged families.
"The attendance of socially vulnerable children to school is still
a current issue," Minister Ashotyan declared. To solve that issue,
the ministry and UNICEF will implement a new program to register
children left out of school.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/12/13/children
According to official data, 41.4 percent of children in Armenia are
considered poor, and 3.7 percent are in extreme poverty.
"If a person is poor and doesn't have the income for minimum living
standards, then that is already a violation of a family's right,"
MP Hakob Hakobyan mentioned during a press conference today.
The representatives of all spheres related to children's issues
today gathered around a round table to find ways out of the current
situation.
The MP also said Armenia has achieved success in the social sphere,
but the flaws are clear. "Compared to 2008, poverty has increased by
8 percent, and it is obvious that children's rights are violated."
He proposes to lead a policy so that children's rights are not violated
in the family.
Chairperson of the NA standing committee on healthcare Ara Babloyan
says children's rights have been protected by the law for the past
three years, and he considers the free birth an achievement.
After a certain age, children with violated rights are also capable
of committing crimes, and that is what concerns Head of the Service
for Minors of the RA Police Nelly Duryan the most.
Duryan also touched upon the latest child molestations and says even
though there have been such cases before, they have never been raised.
"We have to raise our concerns in order to prevent such cases from
happening again, but we have to be careful because this refers to
children," the head of the service said.
The RA Minister of Education and Science said he was strictly concerned
with the education of children of socially disadvantaged families.
"The attendance of socially vulnerable children to school is still
a current issue," Minister Ashotyan declared. To solve that issue,
the ministry and UNICEF will implement a new program to register
children left out of school.