Armenia: il rimpasto di governo di Pashinyan promuove l’uguaglianza di genere

>Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is making history as he refashions his government by promoting gender equity in the top echelons of power. For the first time, women will hold at least one-third of ministry portfolios.

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>Encouraging women’s participation in politics has been a policy goal of Pashinyan’s since he gained power in 2018 via a popular protest movement dubbed the Velvet Revolution. “This is a guarantee of the development of our country, because not using the huge potential of women means being short-sighted,” Pashinyan said in one of his early speeches.

>In 2019, Pashinyan noted there was just a single female minister in the Armenian government; now there are four.

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>Female representation in the legislature has likewise increased during Pashinyan’s tenure, with women now comprising 37 percent of MPs. The percentage is partly the product of a gender quota for MPs that mandated at least 30 percent of parliamentary seats be held by women by 2020.