ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Oct 26 2006
LIFE IN ARMENIA IS WELL MATCHED WITH AFRICAN ONE: UN EXPERTS
Women in Armenia and Russia receive only the two third of men’s
salary, while in Georgia it makes up 40%, it is said in the UN Food
Program’s report on the tendencies of development in CIS countries,
as well as in the countries of the Central and Eastern Europe, which
was presented the day before within the frames of a Round Table in
Moscow with participation of many international experts.
As the National News Agency informs, the UN experts did not like that
only 5% of women sits in the Parliaments of Armenia and Ukraine and
10% – in the Parliaments of Georgia, Russia and Azerbaijan. According
to the report, the citizens of some CIS states live worse than the
people in poor African countries. Meanwhile, the Rosbalt informs that
the UN FP’s regional adviser, Yacek Cukrovski, noted in his speech
during the Moscow session that "Africa is considered the poorest
continent, however, it is not always true. Tajikistan today is poorer
that Sudan, while Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan are no much richer
as well". Having analyzed the situation with an equality of rights,
the UN experts have concluded that "the position of women in Russia
and in the countries of western part of CIS and Caucasus seems, in
some aspect, more favourable than the position of men". They noted
that more women study in HEE of these states and their life interval
is much more that of men. Along with it, a representative of the UN
World Food Program in Russia, Inga Broyer, noted with satisfaction
that Russia has become again to feed the poor countries: in 2003,
2005 and 2006 the RF has allocated $11 mln for purchase of foodstuffs
for such countries as KPDR, Angola, Afghanistan , while to Armenia
and Cuba – this year.