ARF Supports Law Against Domestic Violence in Armenia

October 20, 2017

A 2011 march in Little Armenia to end violence against women in Armenia, organized by the United Human Rights Council of the Armenian Youth Federation of the Western United States (Photo: Nora Yacoubian)

ARF Leader: ”˜I Do Not See [the Law] as a Danger to Our ”˜Traditional’ Family Values’

YEREVAN (Armenian Weekly)””Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council representative Aghvan Vardanyan said on Thursday that a proposed bill against domestic violence is not a threat to traditional Armenian family values and that the ARF will support the adoption of the law.

“The heated discussions and the many opposing views””even regarding our society’s value system””are evidence that problems exists within our society. Any manifestation of violence is reprehensible, especially if it is taking place in the family,”