On June 26 at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) session the report on the theme “Feminisation of Poverty,” which presented Mrs. Hermine Naghdalyan, the member of the delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, was debated and adopted. It was the first time after the accession of the Republic of Armenia to PACE that the representative of the NA delegation delivered a speech.

In her report poverty was assessed as a widespread phenomenon, and in that respect the maximum vulnerability of women was underlined.  The report pointed out that a more socially acceptable and economically effective way to reduce poverty is to expand employment.  The report proposed changes to the employment, social support and retirement pension systems, also in the spheres of health care and education, that are of conceptual importance for the reduction of women’s  poverty.

At PACE plenary session during the debate of the report the speakers opined that it should be seen within the framework of the national programmes of the CE member states and their pursuing policy.