In Belarus, 8,619 women who have given birth to and raised five or more children with dignity have been awarded the Order of Motherhood, the BELTA correspondent was informed by the State Awards Department of the Main Directorate of Personnel Policy of the Presidential Administration.
In Belarus, 8,619 women who have given birth to and raised five or more children with dignity have been awarded the Order of Motherhood, the BELTA correspondent was informed by the State Awards Department of the Main Directorate of Personnel Policy of the Presidential Administration.
This year, 93 women from various regions of Belarus have been honored with this award.
This high mark of maternal valor was established by a decree of the President of Belarus in 1995. Since 2006, mothers with many children awarded the Order of Motherhood receive a one-time cash payment equal to five times the subsistence minimum budget per capita (since February of this year, the SMB has been Br180.10). Payments are made from the republican budget. In addition, various additional forms of encouragement for those awarded this order have been established in the regions of Belarus by decisions of local executive and administrative bodies.
Since September 2012, women who have given birth to and raised nine or more children and have been awarded one of the state awards of the USSR or the Republic of Belarus, such as the Order of Motherhood, the Medal of Motherhood, the Order of Maternal Glory, or the Order of Mother Heroine, are granted a pension for special services to the Republic of Belarus.