2004-2006 EXPENDITURES ON IMPROVING WOMEN’S CONDITION IN ARMENIA TO MAKE ABOUT 1 MLN USD

Noyan Tapan
Mar 09 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 9, NOYAN TAPAN. At the March 9 sitting RA government
approved the list and schedule of the programs envisaged by 2004-2010
national program of improvement of women’s condition and raising of
their role in the society. RA Ministers of Labor and Social Issues,
Education and Science, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Territorial
Government, Nature Protection, Trade and Economic Development, Culture
and Youth Affairs, Head of RA Police and Governors were charged to
ensure the implementation of the envisaged events. As Lala Ghazarian,
Head of Women, Family, and Children Department of RA Ministry of
Labor and Social Issues, informed journalists after the sitting, the
main goal of the program is to use women’s potential to the maximum
extent. According to her, in 2004-2006 the program’s expenditures
will make about 1 mln USD, the most part of which is given by UN and
other international organizations.

L.Ghazarian said that within the framework of the program it’s
envisaged to organize trainings on gender issues for civil servants
this year. It was mentioned that spreading of information on gender
problems has already started at 36 educational institutions. According
to L.Ghazarian, it’s envisaged to work out a bill “On Equal Rights
and Opportunities” where the concrete mechanisms of raising women’s
role in the society will be exactly mentioned.