YEREVAN. – There is a trend of reduction in violence against women and girls in Armenia. Artur Vardanyan, Deputy Head of the Police Department of Criminal Investigation, said this today during a discussion on "Domestic Violence and the Effectiveness of Legislative Mechanisms."

"There were 1,509 cases of violence against women and girls in the 10 months of 2019, whereas there were 1,928 cases in 2018," Vardanyan said. “We have a decreasing trend this year in cases of domestic violence. This year we had 378 cases, whereas last year there were 585 cases."