Women’s representation the national list of Communist Party is 25% – within law 

Nationwide list of Armenia’s Communist Party includes 173 candidates. 43 of them or 25% are women. The party will participate in parliamentary elections on April 2d with the slogan “Homeland, socialism, labor”.

It should be noted that from the beginning the proportion of women in the list was 44.  WomenNet.am learned from CEC  that the Commission revoked the candidate Gohar Harutyunyan included in the electoral list of the Communist Party of Armenia from registration, given the application of the withdrawal submitted by her.

The  remaining 20 out of 43 women do not work, 9 –  retired. There is one woman in the top five list, and two – in top ten.

The first woman is in the fourth position. Mariam Shahinian is more famous for culture-lovers, she is the founder of the National Gallery International Music Festival.

Silva Adamyan (44th place), is  known to the Public as an environmentalist, she often raises environmental and wildlife issues in the various discussions, press conferences, meetings with representatives of the Ministry. Adamyan is the president of “Ecological Public Union” NGO.

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