NGOs urge Pashinyan to publicly apologize for today`s post and remove  it

ArmInfo.More than ten NGOs working in the field of women's rights have issued a joint statement calling  on Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to stop .

, the statement reads.

The NGOs also emphasize that sexually derogatory and misogynistic  statements towards women, regardless of  political context or  purpose, are unacceptable, especially from the highest official in  the country.  < The use of women's bodies and identities in political  conflicts is a dangerous precedent that reproduces harmful gender  stereotypes and deepens systemic discrimination against women in  Armenia. These words are not just personal insults: women are being  used by men in power struggles.  In political conflicts, men often  use details of the sexual lives of their opponents' (alleged)  partners, especially women, as a political tool. In this case, such  publication can create serious dangers in the daily life of the  targeted woman due to exposure to social pressures>, the NGOs note.

The civil society organizations conclude by demanding that Prime  Minister Pashinyan remove the post targeting the woman and publicly  apologize for the discriminatory statements and the disclosure of  information about his alleged partner, thus serving as a precedent  for other politicians and preventing its continued negative  consequences.