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HRANUSH HAKOBIAN: WOMEN SHOULD BE EQUALLY REPRESENTED IN ALL SPHERES
YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Day of Motherhood and Beauty marked
on April 7 at the state level is one of the most beloved holidays in
Armenia, though in 1994 the parliament adopted it with great
difficulty. RA National Assembly deputy, member of RPA faction Hranush
Hakobian reported this at the April 7 press conference. In her words,
the necessity of holiday of women's glorification emerged after the
collapse of the USSR when in addition to a number of Soviet values,
March 8 was also considered as unacceptable. Later, in her words, when
April 7 started to be marked at the state level, March 8,
nevertheless, was not forgotten by the people. As H. Hakobian
affirmed, she made a statement calling for starting women's month from
March 8 and concluding it in April.
H. Hakobian said that when comparing laws adopted by RA parliament
with the legislation of another CIS member-countries one obviously
sees presence of greater care for women in Armenia. For instance, she
reminded the circumstance that three years after childbirth, when
nursing the child, the mother does not lose her job and she is given
benefit of two hundred thousand drams in connection with the birth of
the third child. As H. Hakobian said, currently NA RPA faction is
going to add a clause in the respective law, by which bigger material
assistance will be provided in case of fourth and more children, too.
The MP added that a law was adopted for the purpose of raising the
role of women in political life, according to which 15% persons
included in preelection proportional list should be women. "So, by the
force of the law we tried to make parties take into consideration
women's potential," H. Hakobian said stressing that women should be
equally represented in all spheres.
YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. The Day of Motherhood and Beauty marked
on April 7 at the state level is one of the most beloved holidays in
Armenia, though in 1994 the parliament adopted it with great
difficulty. RA National Assembly deputy, member of RPA faction Hranush
Hakobian reported this at the April 7 press conference. In her words,
the necessity of holiday of women's glorification emerged after the
collapse of the USSR when in addition to a number of Soviet values,
March 8 was also considered as unacceptable. Later, in her words, when
April 7 started to be marked at the state level, March 8,
nevertheless, was not forgotten by the people. As H. Hakobian
affirmed, she made a statement calling for starting women's month from
March 8 and concluding it in April.
H. Hakobian said that when comparing laws adopted by RA parliament
with the legislation of another CIS member-countries one obviously
sees presence of greater care for women in Armenia. For instance, she
reminded the circumstance that three years after childbirth, when
nursing the child, the mother does not lose her job and she is given
benefit of two hundred thousand drams in connection with the birth of
the third child. As H. Hakobian said, currently NA RPA faction is
going to add a clause in the respective law, by which bigger material
assistance will be provided in case of fourth and more children, too.
The MP added that a law was adopted for the purpose of raising the
role of women in political life, according to which 15% persons
included in preelection proportional list should be women. "So, by the
force of the law we tried to make parties take into consideration
women's potential," H. Hakobian said stressing that women should be
equally represented in all spheres.