Why young people in Karabakh do not get married

Why young people in Karabakh do not get married

28-04-2007 12:05:48 – KarabakhOpen

Young men often leave Karabakh for work and stay abroad for a long
time. And this issue must be in the focus of the government. A doctor
of the republic maternity hospital stated this during a round-table
meeting on the demography and the rate of birth in Karabakh, held by
Good Samaritan and Maternity NGOs.

First, the participants of the meeting were offered statistics. On
the basis of this information they discussed the low birth rate and
the rise in the rate of abortion. Marianna Hakobyan, the head of the
department of youth of the NKR ministry of education and culture,
said in Karabakh there is a rather high number of unmarried young men,
especially in rural areas. They say the reason is poverty and housing.

Doctor Gohar Hovanisyan, chair of the Hanganak Organization, said
young girls and boys do not get adequate "birds and bees" information,
which is often the cause of unplanned pregnancy and abortion. Doctors
propose teaching ethic and esthetics of family life and deliver
regular lectures on sexual education at school.

It was noted that it would not be serious to rely on such a program
alone. A complex of measures is necessary. The participants of the
round-table meeting are likely to extend proposals on stimulation of
birth rate to the government.

The organizers of the meeting said they had invited members of
parliament, officials of the Ministry of Health and the Office of
Prosecutor General but they did not show up.