{"id":268163,"date":"2015-10-01T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=268163"},"modified":"2015-10-01T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:32:23","slug":"womens-rights-activists-hold-action-in-central-yerevan-to-mark-national-day-to-combat-domestic-violence-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2015\/10\/01\/womens-rights-activists-hold-action-in-central-yerevan-to-mark-national-day-to-combat-domestic-violence-photo.html","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Rights Activists Hold Action in Yerevan to Mark National Day to Combat Domestic Violence (Photo)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThirty women were killed in Armenia through domestic violence in the past five years, 8 of them – in 2015, resulting in 45 children being left without a mother. According to the records of Armenian women's rights organizations, the number of domestic violence incidents reaches 2000 each year: 5171 people called the organizations' hotline in the 2013-2015 period. According to official Police data, the number of domestic violence cases registered in the first half of 2015 reached 447.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSince 2010, “Coalition to Stop Violence against Women” NGO has been marking October 1 as National Day to Combat Domestic Violence: on this day five years ago twenty-year-old Zaruhi Petrosyan died as a result of severe beatings by her husband.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Coalition members held a protest action Thursday afternoon at Yerevan's Republic Square, in front of the RA Government building, demanding that authorities pass a law on domestic violence.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMeanwhile, in another part of the Square, the activists displayed the shoes of domestic violence victims from various cities and villages of Armenia with accompanying texts.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"My husband told me he'd keep me locked up at home until I turned into a mummy." Varduhi, 29, Yerevan<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"18domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Beating another person is shameful; it's a sign of weakness."<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"16domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"My husband used to say 'I can do whatever I want to you. You've no one to turn to, nowhere to go'." Anna, 33, Gegharkunik province<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"15domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Maybe it's my fault my life turned so miserable." Marina, 24, Yerevan<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"14domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"He took out a knife in front of my child and said he'd slaughter me." Ani, 37, Kotayk province<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"13doestic\"<\/a> \"11domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"No one understands me; they say I have to tolerate. I'm all alone." Hermine, 31, Yerevan<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"6domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"During the first three years of my married life my mother-in-law would not let me leave the house without her." Lusine, 38, Kotayk province<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"8domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"My dad got angry and turned over the table. I was very scared…" Narine, 12, Armavir province<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"9domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"My husband threw me to the ground and started kicking me." Anzhela, 42, Yerevan<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"5domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"I was crying because my father was beating my mother." Yervand, 6, Yerevan<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"4domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"My father-in-law made a sexual proposal and said no one would find out if I obeyed him." Syuzanna, 38, Yerevan<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"2domestic\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"Don't be indifferent toward violence. Your silence could be worth a life."<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\"1domestic\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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