{"id":26524,"date":"2016-03-02T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T12:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=26524"},"modified":"2016-03-12T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T20:56:08","slug":"parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s representation in the National Assembly: twice lower than in the world’s parliaments on average"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

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Women and men in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia<\/p>\n

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1st convocation \u2013 6%\u00a0 –\u00a0 94%<\/p>\n

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2d convocation \u2013 3,1% – 96,9%<\/p>\n

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3d convocation \u2013 5,3% – 94,7%<\/p>\n

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4th convocation \u2013 9,1% – 90,9%<\/p>\n

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5th convocation \u2013 10% – 90%<\/p>\n

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Women in the National Assembly leadership<\/p>\n

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Are represented in one of the speakers’ position<\/p>\n

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Head of the 12 permanent committees<\/p>\n

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Lead 3 of 6 fractions<\/p>\n

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The world’s highest rate is in countries of Northern Europe \u2013 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%).<\/p>\n

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Full text in Armenian<\/a><\/p>\n

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