Sepemberi 18th. Armavir and Ararat are relatively more female candidates
For the upcoming local elections to be held on September 18th more female candidates for council member are nominated from Armavir and Ararat regions. Thus, in Ararat region 121 out of 851 the City Council candidates are women and 114 after withdrawals. They are running in 59 districts of the province. . A total of 847 people in Armavir region wants to become a member of the council, 142 of them are women, in 111 after withdrawals. Armavir women are fighting in the 76 communities.
In Ararat’s councils women comprise only 5%.
Among the candidates running in the elections on September 18th 14% are women. In the region there is only one woman community council leader.
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