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PACE RESOLUTION: ARMENIA, ALBANIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA EXPERIENCE GENDERCIDE
arminfo
Monday, October 3, 21:37
PACE has adopted a Resolution on Prenatal Sex Selection in Armenia,
Albania, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
The Committee on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women presented the
resolution based on the Swiss parliamentarian Doris Stump's report on
prenatal sex selection. The report points out the horrifying number
of cases of prenatal sex selection in some countries, particularly,
in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The report says that the
ratio of boys and girls in the first three countries is approximately
112:100, and in Georgia - 111:110. The resolution advocates studying
the reasons of this phenomenon, and suggests that all members of
the Council of Europe should forbid doctors to inform the parents of
their babies' sex in advance.
The European parliamentarians said that sex selection and abortion
are instances of discrimination against women and disrespect for
their dignity. They stressed the need to break the cultural barriers
urging parents to abort embryos if they are girls. Parliamentarian
from Luxembourg Lydie Err said that this war is not against girls
but against women. It is a kind of gendercide.
She said that though, at first glance, it looks like a demographic
problem, in reality, it is a social bomb of delayed action. So, it
is necessary to understand why people prefer boys to girls and to
fight this in order to overcome cultural relativity and disproportion
between boys and girls.
arminfo
Monday, October 3, 21:37
PACE has adopted a Resolution on Prenatal Sex Selection in Armenia,
Albania, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.
The Committee on Equal Opportunities for Men and Women presented the
resolution based on the Swiss parliamentarian Doris Stump's report on
prenatal sex selection. The report points out the horrifying number
of cases of prenatal sex selection in some countries, particularly,
in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The report says that the
ratio of boys and girls in the first three countries is approximately
112:100, and in Georgia - 111:110. The resolution advocates studying
the reasons of this phenomenon, and suggests that all members of
the Council of Europe should forbid doctors to inform the parents of
their babies' sex in advance.
The European parliamentarians said that sex selection and abortion
are instances of discrimination against women and disrespect for
their dignity. They stressed the need to break the cultural barriers
urging parents to abort embryos if they are girls. Parliamentarian
from Luxembourg Lydie Err said that this war is not against girls
but against women. It is a kind of gendercide.
She said that though, at first glance, it looks like a demographic
problem, in reality, it is a social bomb of delayed action. So, it
is necessary to understand why people prefer boys to girls and to
fight this in order to overcome cultural relativity and disproportion
between boys and girls.