March 8 should also be a day of public solidarity: Prime Minister's message

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's congratulatory message on International Women's Day

Dear women: grandmothers, mothers, sisters, daughters,

I congratulate you all on March 8, International Women's Day. This day is a harbinger of spring in Armenia: on March 8, our country is flooded with flowers and a festive mood.

The significance of March 8 in our country is also increased by the fact that women are the majority of the population of Armenia, and therefore, the full inclusion of women's potential is the most important guarantee of the development of our state. In our country, the involvement of women in all spheres of public life is visibly increasing.

This in itself is a positive process, but a deeper analysis of this phenomenon raises a number of concerns and challenges. As a result of several decades of consistent introduction of certain subcultures among boys, girls have become more focused on education and work, gaining competitive advantages, and in the near future, women's competitive advantages will be further emphasized.

But involving women's potential, as a key factor in the development of our country, will be truly effective if men are also fully involved and competitive, and the current processes are a wake-up call to all of us, including mothers and fathers, that we also pay close attention to the issues of boys' education and competitiveness, otherwise it will turn out that we are not fully utilizing our potential again.

The activation of women in public and economic life brings with it another challenge: they may have less and less "time" to have children, and this is also an issue that should be at the center of our attention and reflection.

Dear people, dear citizens,

March 8 should also be a day of public solidarity and is increasingly becoming so. The culture of gender competition or struggle or dominance is old and unsustainable. Respect, appreciation, encouragement of creative endeavors, education and work are increasingly emphasized in the relationships between our women and men, and this is encouraging.

It is on this foundation that our public relations should be built. After all, beyond the flowers of March 8 is the homeland-state, which should be as flourishing as March 8.

Once again, I congratulate all our grandmothers, mothers, sisters, and daughters on the occasion of March 8th.