GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE 6.5 BLN DRAMS TO IMPROVE WOMEN’S SITUATION

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YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, ARMENPRESS: A government meeting today
has approved release of 4.6 billion drams this year to back up
implementation of a plan of actions designed to improve the situation
of Armenian women and increase their role in the society.

The plan was started back in 2004 and is supposed to end in 2010. This
year’s allocation is up from 4 billion last year. Lala Ghazarian,
head of a labor and social affairs ministry in charge of women,
children and senior citizen issues, said this year the plan will
address health, educational and employment issues.

She said last year 60 percent of people who were offered jobs by
regional employment offices were women. Also 72 percent of unemployed
receiving allowances and 98 percent of those involved in different
training courses were also women.
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Armenpress

GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE 6.5 BLN DRAMS TO IMPROVE WOMEN’S
SITUATION

YEREVAN, JANUARY 25, ARMENPRESS: A government
meeting today has approved release of 4.6 billion
drams this year to back up implementation of a plan of
actions designed to improve the situation of Armenian
women and increase their role in the society.
The plan was started back in 2004 and is supposed
to end in 2010. This year’s allocation is up from 4
billion last year. Lala Ghazarian, head of a labor and
social affairs ministry in charge of women, children
and senior citizen issues, said this year the plan
will address health, educational and employment
issues.
She said last year 60 percent of people who were
offered jobs by regional employment offices were
women. Also 72 percent of unemployed receiving
allowances and 98 percent of those involved in
different training courses were also women.

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