An overview of occurrences of violence against women and their children, and implemented measures in the countries of Russia, Armenia, and Uzbekhistan.
1. dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her
tongue.
She watches over the affairs of her
household and does not eat the bread
of idleness.
Her children arise and call her
blessed;
her husband also, and he praises
her:
“Many women do noble things,
6. North Asia
› Russian: Северная
Азия, lit. 'Severnaya Aziya'
› sometimes known
as Siberia or Eurasia
›referred to as Asian Russia (as
opposed to the smaller but more
13. Armenia
Capital
and largest city
Yerevan
40°11′N 44°31′E
Official language Armenian
Ethnic groups (2011) 98.1% Armenians
1.2% Yazidis
0.4% Russians
0.3% other
Religion Christianity
Demonym Armenian
14. Roots of VAWC in
Armenia
Genocide and
kidnapped Armenian
women
Islamized and tattooed
Armenian woman,
Orient im Bild, Summer,
1927.
15. Roots of VAWC in
Armenia
Genocide and
kidnapped Armenian
women
Astghik, 16 years
old, from Urfa,
Nubarian library
collection, Paris.
16. Roots of VAWC in
Armenia
Genocide and
kidnapped Armenian
women
Astghik, 16 years
old, from Urfa,
Nubarian library
collection, Paris.
17. Armenia
The National Action
Plan To Combat
Gender Based
Violence
Armenia | 2011
Type of Measure:
Policies > National
action plan specific to
violence against
women
Form of Violence:
Violence against
The 2011-2015
Strategic Programme
Against Gender-
Based Violence
Armenia | 2011
Type of Measure:
Policies > National
strategy specific to
violence against
women
Form of Violence :
Violence against
18. Armenia
2014
There were attempts to
pass new domestic
violence legislation, but
the draft law was ditched
for being too “European”
and contradictory to the
Armenian traditions,
which women in the
country have endured for
19. Armenia
2017
Another draft law, titled
“Prevention of and the Struggle
against Domestic Violence” was
published in November on the
website of the Ministry of Justice.
The bill would have strengthened
laws against domestic violence,
and created mechanisms aimed at
preventing it, as well as services
for its victims. It was introduced as
part of a European Union program,
under which Armenia would be
eligible for 11 million Euros in aid,
contingent on the country passing
a law on domestic violence.
A sign at a 2011 Yerevan protest against domestic violence
reads “A real man does not beat” (Photo: Photolure)
After an immediate outcry, the
ministry withdrew the bill the next
day.
24. Russian Federation
›largest country in the world
›ninth most populous, with about
146.77 million people as of 2019
›The country is one of the
five recognized nuclear weapons states and
possesses the largest stockpile of weapons
of mass destruction.[
25. Russian Federation
Capital
and largest city
Moscow
55°45′N 37°37′E
Official language
and national language
Russian
Ethnic groups (2010)
[
•81.0% Russian
•3.7% Tatar
•1.4% Ukrainian
•1.1% Bashkir
•1.2% Armenian
•1.0% Chuvash
•11.0% others / unspecified
Demonym Russian
Government Federal dominant-party semi-
presidential constitutional republic
26. VAWC Today in Russia
In January last year, Russia's
domestic violence laws were
changed. Some forms of violence
were decriminalised, first by the lower
parliament, known as the Duma,
then endorsed by President Putin.
27. VAWC Today in Russia
Now, if you batter your wife - or indeed any
family member - but not severely enough to
hospitalise them, and it’s your first recorded
offence, you no longer go to prison for two
years, as was previously the law. Instead, you’ll
receive a fine of anything between 5 and
30,000 rubles (around £375), or up to 15 days
in prison. In addition, some women are
being forced to pay the fines handed down to
their abusers, with unpaid fines often taken
from shared bank accounts.
28. Russian Federation
Article 37 Of The Constitution
Russian Federation | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence
against women > Constitutional
provision
Form of Violence : Violence
against women and girls
Telephone Hotlines
Russian Federation | 2008
Type of Measure : Social
services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Domestic
violence/Intimate partner
violence
Article 21 Of The Constitution
Russian Federation | 2014
Type of Measure : Violence against
women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence : Violence against
women and girls
Saint Petersburg City And
Leningrad Region: Integrated
Services For Victims Of Violence
Russian Federation | 2008
Type of Measure : Coordinated and
or Integrated service delivery >
Integrated services delivery
Form of Violence : Violence against
women and girls
29. Russian Federation
Coordination Council For The
Prevention Of Violence In The
Family And In Related Social
Institutions
Russian Federation|2008
Type of Measure: Institutional
mechanisms
Form of Violence: Domestic
violence/Intimate partner
violence
Tula Region: Campaign
“Let’s Stop Violence Against
Women And Children”
Russian Federation | 2008
Type of Measure:
Prevention > Awareness-
raising/Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence
against women and girls
Training For Police
Russian Federation | 2008
Type of Measure :
30. Summary of VAWC Measures and
Occurence in the Russian
Federation
34. Uzbekistan
›the Republic of Uzbekistan is
a landlocked country in Central Asia
›in ancient times part of the Iranian-
speaking region of Transoxiana and Turan
›The Uzbek economy is in a gradual
transition to the market economy, with
foreign trade policy being based on import
substitution
35. Uzbekistan
Capital
and largest city
Tashkent
41°19′N 69°16′E
Official languages Uzbek
Russian (de-facto)
Ethnic groups •83.8% Uzbek
•4.8% Tajik
•2.5% Kazakh
•2.3% Russian
•2.2% Karakalpak
•4.5% others
Religion •88.5% Muslims
•9.4% Christians
•0.1% Zoroastrian
•2.0% non-religious and others
Demonym Uzbek
Government Unitary presidential constitutional
republic under an authoritarian state
36. VAWC in Uzbekistan Today
“For a long time I didn’t become pregnant,
and that was the main reason for the
beatings,” said Qaramat Odilova, now 27.
“My husband told me his parents and male
friends were laughing at him for marrying a
barren woman.”
37. VAWC in Uzbekistan Today
Odilova was married off – against her will –
to a relative, who turned out to be a violent
drunk.
“When I did get pregnant and had a
child… he continued to beat and humiliate
me. I put up with it because my parents
were against divorce and said that if I left
my husband, it would bring shame on
38. VAWC Recap!
When the wife/woman is provocative
to fights, who is to blame if domestic
violence ensues?
39. Uzbekistan
Article 26 Of The
Constitution
Uzbekistan | 2011
Type of
Measure: Violence
against women >
Constitutional provision
Form of
Violence: Violence
against women and
girls
Law On Combating
Trafficking In Humans
Uzbekistan | 2008
Type of Measure:
Violence against women
> Legislation
Form of Violence:
Trafficking
40. Uzbekistan
Article 37 Of The
Constitution
Uzbekistan | 2011
Type of Measure
:Violence against
women > Constitutional
provision
Form of
Violence: Violence
against women and
girls
Law On Guarantees
For The Rights Of The
Child
Uzbekistan | 2007
Type of Measure
: Violence against
women > Legislation
Form of Violence
: Sexual harassment,
Sexual violence
All of North Asia were united until the death of Leonid Brezhnev which collapsed the Soviet Union
Most former USSR countries as of today have no laws criminalizing nor protecting women from abuse of assault (eg: Latvia (europe),
The policy of genocide against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire started with the annihilation of the male population and subsequent deportation the rest of the people into the Syrian deserts. These deportations quickly turned into “death marches”. Deportation caravans mostly consisted of old people, women and children. En route many of the women were kidnapped either by the Ottoman Turkish soldiers or Kurdish bands, or Bedouins killing any who tried to oppose them: tens of thousands women and children perished on the way to deserts, while others, in order to escape humiliation and violence, committed suicide.
After the end of the First World War, many Armenian organizations and foreign missioners helped rescue Armenian women and children from their captors. These rescue missions turned into large-scale operations, rife with danger. Particularly, Karen Yeppe, a Danish missionary who, with the assistance of some Arab tribe leaders, up until 1928, rescued approximately 2000 Armenian women and children from Muslim captivity. She helped establish special rescue homes in several locations which helped put an end to the tragic and painful ordeal many Armenian women had suffered.
Many volunteers paid dearly with their lives for being involved in these rescue operations and many Armenian women felt victim during their escape attempts.The kidnapping of Armenian children and women and their subsequent rescue efforts outlines one of the most tragic and dramatic episodes of the genocidal policy implemented by the Ottoman Turkish government against Armenian population in the beginning of the 20th century.
Source: https://armenianweekly.com/2017/10/13/armenia-finally-pass-law-domestic-violence/
According to the Yerevan-based Women’s Resource Center, more than 50 Armenian women have been beaten to death or otherwise killed by their husbands or other relatives in the last five years.
Women’s rights groups say the Armenian police routinely tell assaulted and injured women to withdraw their crime reports on the grounds that they lack legal levers to prosecute attackers.
