Women’s representation in the National Assembly: twice lower than in the world’s parliaments on average

Percentage of women represented in the parliament is considered as one of the important indicators describing women’s status and their influence on formation of political institutions and processes of making political decisions.

Women and men in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

1st convocation – 6%  –  94%

2d convocation – 3,1% – 96,9%

3d convocation – 5,3% – 94,7%

4th convocation – 9,1% – 90,9%

5th convocation – 10% – 90%

Women in the National Assembly leadership

Are represented in one of the speakers’ position

Head of the 12 permanent committees

Lead 3 of 6 fractions

The world’s highest rate is in countries of Northern Europe – 41,1%, women’s representation in OSCE countries’ parlaments is 25,7%. The lowest percentage of women’s participation is in the parliaments of Arabian countries (19,1%) and Pacific (13,4%).

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