Local government law should enshrine women’s representation requirement. Proposals are accepted 

During the discussion of “the issue” On Amending the RA Law on Local Self-Government, represented by the Government, the  National Assembly also touched upon the presence of women in local self-governance.

The draft law was presented by the First Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and development  Vache Terteryan saying that the preparation and presentation of the  draft is due to constitutional amendments. While  developing draft provisions from  international documents were more comprehensively taken into account.

During the discussion deputy of the “Heritage” faction Tevan Poghosyan, proposed the main rapporteur  to increase women’s involvement  in the new law on “Local Government”, reaching at least 20 percent.

In the three communities where we have proportional elections, we will automatically get to the city women  involved in the quota size. Observing Results Consolidated communities, we see that women are not involved in consolidated  communities of the City Council, the representation of women in general decreased. Do not you think that this law will be very important in terms of the fixing percentage  of women’s involvement in the City Council, at least 20 percent”, – he said.

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