WOMEN GOING ABROAD TO WORK
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The number of women leaving for Russia and Turkey for better job
opportunities is increasing in Armenia’s Gyumri city. Single women
comprise a great number among guest workers.
Their minor children are sent either to an orphanage or remain under
their grandmother’s care.
“My elder grandchild attends a boarding school. His mother is working
in Russia, she is weaving stocks. The children are left under my
care. The girl is 5 years old and the boy is 10,” a Gyumri resident
told representatives of Shirak Centre.
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