{"id":7290,"date":"2008-11-15T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T04:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2014-01-01T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T18:22:24","slug":"armenian-women-victims-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2008\/11\/15\/armenian-women-victims-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian women ‘victims of abuse’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Greta Baghdasaryan is calling for laws protecting women<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Armenia is failing to tackle “pervasive” violence and domestic abuse against women, according to a report by rights group Amnesty International.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The group says studies estimate that “over quarter of Armenian women have been hit or beaten by a family member”. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It also warns that, according to some data, about two thirds of women may have experienced psychological abuse.<\/p>\n

The BBC has contacted the Armenian foreign ministry but has not received a response to the report. <\/em><\/p>\n

Amnesty calls on the Armenian authorities to provide support for women leaving violent relationships, and to draft new legislation to combat domestic violence.<\/p>\n

Stigma of rape<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Women in Armenia suffer disproportionately from violence and abuse at home and at work, but this is seldom understood as a violation of their basic human rights,” says Kate Allen, director of Amnesty International UK.<\/p>\n

“The preservation of the family unit comes at the expense of women’s rights, their safety and even their lives,” says Ms Allen.<\/p>\n

Greta Baghdasaryan, an Armenian woman who suffered domestic violence describes how she felt “afraid of the consequences of complaining”.<\/p>\n

“My neighbours saw my bruises but who will listen to them now? It never occurred to me that I could turn to the police,” Greta said.<\/p>\n

Amnesty says its report, Countering violence in the family in Armenia, looks at case studies and the background to social attitudes among Armenians.<\/p>\n

It is based on testimonies from the databases of Armenian women’s organisations, reports in the Armenian media, and interviews with some women.<\/p>\n

It cites the stigma of rape victims and the reluctance of police to investigate domestic violence cases as hurdles. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Amnesty calls for “a real sea-change in attitudes” across Armenia, from initial protection for abused women with shelter, to the criminalisation of domestic violence. <\/p>\n

Source: news.bbc.co.uk<\/span>, 13 November 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Armenia is failing to tackle “pervasive” violence and domestic abuse against women, according to a report by rights group Amnesty International. The group says studies estimate that “over quarter of Armenian women have been hit or beaten by a family member”. It also warns that, according to some data, about two thirds of women may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":783741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[851,853,854,852],"class_list":["post-7290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-armenia","tag-amnesty-international","tag-domestic-violence-in-armenia","tag-greta-baghdasaryan","tag-rape-in-armenia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}