{"id":1761,"date":"2015-06-29T09:14:46","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T05:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkarmenia.org\/news-events\/us-department-of-state-report-regarding-hiv-and-aids-social-stigma\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:56:43","slug":"us-department-of-state-report-regarding-hiv-and-aids-social-stigma","status":"publish","type":"news_events","link":"https:\/\/pinkarmenia.org\/en\/news-events\/us-department-of-state-report-regarding-hiv-and-aids-social-stigma\/","title":{"rendered":"US Department of State report regarding HIV and AIDS social stigma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"image-shape \">\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-shape__spacer\" style=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"row image-shape__row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div 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target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> concerning Human rights situation in Armenia in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, in its June 2013 concluding observations, reported de facto discrimination against certain categories of children, including those with HIV \/AID,\u201d \u2013 is noted in research, citing an example registered in NGO\u2019s, that a school principal dismissed two children from a village school after learning the father of the children was living with HIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to human rights defenders in survey is noted that persons regarded as vulnerable to HIV\/AIDS infection faced discrimination and violence from society as well as mistreatment by police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five years old data shows: 86.1 percent of women and 84.4 percent of men reported discriminatory attitudes towards people with HIV\/AID, based 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