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Armenia: Domestic Violence

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Human Rights, Women & Gender

Unzipped: Gay Armenia is concerned by the latest figures from UNICEF which indicate that 22 percent of women in Armenia believe a husband has the right to beat his wife [1]. However, the blog says that the figures are better than in Georgia and Uzbekistan where 30 and 70 percent respectively believe that it is acceptable under certain circumstances.