Making them feel poor instead of awarding them
A group of mothers with more than one child have sent a letter to Serzh Sargsyan with a clear demand.
In the letter it is stated:
"The Republic of Armenia, which has seen war, an earthquake and has suffered many losses, needs to grow and rejuvenate.
The current authorities, which need to defend and support the mothers with more than one child who maintain the gene pool and who make up a small percentage of Armenia's population, have been left alone, are not remembered, and the government is not taking any steps to protect our rights.
The government has allocated a small subsidy for poverty, which (7,500 drams per child), instead of awarding us, is making us feel poor, ignored at schools and hospitals as educators and doctors and by the society in general, and we often hear the words "If you couldn't raise your children, you shouldn't have given birth to them to begin with".
Why not? After all, Armenia needs many families with more than one child. But if it doesn't need them, buy tickets for us and send us to countries where our rights and our children's rights are protected and where the governments need soldiers and smart children.
We ask you to discuss our demand and respond..."
Demand:
1. Adopt a law on the rights of mothers with more than one child
a. Give mothers with more than one child a booklet,
b. Award them with a medal and grant the title of hero-mother,
c. Provide free medical assistance, operations and medical check-ups for all members of families with more than one child,
d. Provide free education at private schools and universities,
2. Improve the social conditions,
a. Discount communal expenses or make them free (gas, water, electricity and more), or provide extra sums to pay the bills
b. Allocate an annual pension,
c. Provide homes,
d. Celebrate a day of the year as the day of mothers with more than one child,
e. Respect mothers with more than one child.
Angin Khachatryan, 10 children
Sara Mkrtchyan, 8 children
Elena Galstyan, 6 children
Hasmik Karapetyan, 9 children
Mariam Armenyan, 10 children
Hasmik Harutyunyan, 7 children
Marat Petrosyan, 7 children
Samvel Matevosyan, 8 children
Karine Melkonyan, 12 children
Gyozal Tamoyan, 9 children
Armenuhi Manukyan, 11 children
Kristine Babayan, 5 children
Tigranuhi Ter-Abelyan, 4 children
