  Armenia: Number of sex-selective abortions declines April 6, 2017 - 11:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of sex-selective abortions has declined in Armenia, a health ministry spokeswoman said in a Facebook post. “Positive trends have been observed in the process of overcoming the problem of sex selective abortions,” Anahit Haytayan said. “The ratio of girls to boys born in 2008-2012 stood at 100:115 ; at 100:113.4 in 2014; 100:112.7 in 2015, and 100:111.9 in 2016.” According to the UNFPA, the natural ratio for the country would be 102-106 male births to 100 female ones. Related links:   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Freedom House: “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”  Freedom House has published a report summary titled “Why are there no Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh?”Armenia says wants expanded transport, energy connectivity Pashinyan says Armenia is interested in the expansion of connectivity in transport, energy, telecommunications and other directions.Aliyev: Change in Armenia’s Constitution key for singing peace deal Ilham Aliyev has declared that most important condition for signing a peace agreement is for Armenia to change its Constitution.U.S. sees “extraordinary” opportunity for peace between Armenia, Azerbaijan U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken believes there is an “extraordinary” opportunity to reach a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
