RA Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan will head the newly created Women’s Council

RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on November 21 st decided to sign a decision on creating
a council on women’s issues. The council will be headed by RA Deputy Prime Minister
Tigran Avinyan. The corresponding decision is published on the official website of the
Government.

The Council was created to coordinate work on women’s issues and to establish a national
mechanism for ensuring equal rights and opportunities for men and women. In essence, the
council will be a national mechanism for ensuring gender equality in Armenia.

The Council comprises the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
and a number of Deputy Ministers, Members of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia, officials of other departments and representatives of non-governmental
organizations. A working group has also been set up to organize the current work of the
Council and its individual composition has been approved.
Board composition and rules of procedure here.