YEREVAN. – The large families in Armenia do not receive state support, attorney Liana Balyan said at a press conference on Saturday.

“The law on assistance to large families and state incentives for mothers with many children is in force, but, in reality, this law has remained on paper,” the attorney noted. “Large families [in the country] receive little benefits, [and] since they don’t have the support of the state, they are classified among the families that have the poorest social class.”

Balyan, however, sees the solution of this problem in Armenia in the adoption of a law on the protection of the rights of mothers with many children, and she is working in this direction.  

With a bill, which will soon be submitted to the National Assembly, the attorney proposes the granting of several benefits to large families in the country.

“Many families [in Armenia] avoid having many children, since they believe they can’t take care of the children,” Liana Balyan added. “The state needs to encourage, assist newly formed families to multiply.”