YEREVAN, APRIL 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Trafficking and family vilence are unusual phenomena in sharp contrast to Armenian traditions and make up an insignificant percentage in the country. Head of the RA National Assembly's delegation in the PACE, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Tigran Torosian stated this on April 17 during a meeting with Rapporteur of the PACE commission on issues of equality of the rights of man and women Vera Oskina, who is on a working visit to Armenia. Speaking about participation of women in political processes, T. Torosian noted that the Armenian women prefer to be engaged in social rather than political activities: women constitute about 99% of heads of NGOs. As regards the allocation of 25% in ballot papers to women, the NA Vice Speaker expressed an opinion that such positive discrimination is unacceptable: women's involvement in politics should not be encouraged in an unnatural way. According to the RA National Assembly PR Department, V. Oskina informed T. Torosian that she is preparing a report on the state of women in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

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