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“Family violence in also encountered in Armenia. Saying violence we do not necessarily mean physical violence, as it can be a psychological one also. And psychological violence is more dangerous, as the physical one is visible and the soonest measures can be taken; but it is difficult to reveal the psychological violence,” said Elizaveta Danielyan, the judge of the Court of Appeal in the conference organized by the Justice Department of the Embassy of the U.S.

“We face psychological violence too often. For example, the woman is not free to choose her specialty and then a job, she is not free to communicate with her friends,” said Mrs. Danielyan.

The Ambassador of the U.S. Marie Yovanovich who was also present at the conference said that the statistical data of family violence in America is high but they have some improvement in recent years. “The figures in Armenia are also high. Family violence should not be supported either in Armenia, or in America, or in some other country of the world,” said the Ambassador.