Most children in Armenia undergo both physical and psychological violence at school and even in their families. Very often this makes the children miss classes, Iren Sargsyan, Senior Manager, Program Implementation at Save the Children International, has told ArmInfo.
She points out various reasons of violence against children. Children from needy families undergo violence in most cases, she says. In this light, Sargsyan notes that 80% of the children at orphanages have at least one parent. These parents cannot raise their children due to the socio-economic problems. She also says that there is absolutely no social integration of children in Armenia. There is no proper respect for children and their opinion is not taken into consideration.