September 18th. In Aragatsotn urban communities women have almost not nominated
737 candidates will participate in Aragatsotn region council member elections on September 18th, 117 of them are women (15%) of those who will fight only in 35 communities in the province.
Studying lists of candidates published in the CEC official website we noticed that in the Yezidi communities, which are many in Aragatsotn region, there are no female candidates. Women are presented mainly in the villages, where women are already included in the current councilors.
It should be noted that his findings showed that women comprise only 5.2%, and among the candidates nominated for this elections women comprise 15%. Female candidates are mostly school teachers, principals, non-party women.
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