Women political participation

International documents

Convention on the political rights of women

Body: UN, 1952
Ratified/signed by RA: 2008

International covenant on civil and political rights

Body: UN, 1967
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Optional protocol to the international covenant on civil and political rights

Body: UN, 1966
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Body: UN, 1979
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Optional protocol to the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Body: UN, 1999
Ratified/signed by RA: 2006

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 5 -- seventh session, 1988 temporary special measures

Body: UN, 1988
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 6 -- seventh session, 1988 effective national machinery and publicity

Body: UN, 1988
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 23 -- sixteenth session, 1997 women in political and public life

Body: UN, 1997
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW aw committee general recommendation no. 25 -- thirtieth session, 2004 article 4 paragraph 1 - temporary special measures

Body: UN, 2004
Ratified/signed by RA:

"Beijing Declaration and platform for action/critical area of concern women in power and decision-making, para 181-195; institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, para 196-209: women and the media, para 234-245/"

Body: UN, 1995
Ratified/signed by RA: 1995

Political declaration on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the fourth world conference on women

Body: UN, 2015
Ratified/signed by RA:

UNDP in Armenia gender equality strategy 2016-2020

Body: UNDP / Armenia, 2016
Ratified/signed by RA:

Recommendation rec(2003)3 of the committee of ministers to member states on balanced participation of women and men in political and public decision making

Body: CoE, 2003
Ratified/signed by RA:

PACE recommendation 1676 (2004) women’s participation in elections

Body: PACE , 2004
Ratified/signed by RA:

PACE resolution 1489 (2006). mechanisms to ensure women’s participation in decision making

Body: PACE , 2006
Ratified/signed by RA:

Recommendation cm/rec(2007)17 of the committee of ministers to member states on gender equality standards and mechanisms

Body: CoE, 2007
Ratified/signed by RA:

PACE resolution 1615 (2008). empowering women in a modern, multicultural society

Body: PACE , 2008
Ratified/signed by RA:

Declaration: making gender equality a reality (119th session of the committee of ministers, Madrid, 12 May 2009)

Body: CoE, 2009
Ratified/signed by RA:

Council of Europe gender equality strategy 2018-2023

Body: CoE, 2018
Ratified/signed by RA:

Council of Europe action plan for Armenia 2019-2022

Body: CoE, 2019
Ratified/signed by RA:

National Documents

Constitution of the Republic of Armenia/articles 29, 46,48/

Body: RoA NA, 1995 / 2015
Language: Armenian/English

The RA law on provision of equal rights and equal opportunities for women and men/article 11, 12 /

Body: RoA NA, 2013
Language: Armenian

Strategy and action plan for gender policy implementation in the Republic of Armenia 2019-2023/priority area 1/

Body: GoA, 2019
Language: Armenian

RA constitutional law on making amendments and addenda to the electoral code constitutional law

Body: RoA NA, 2020
Language: Armenian

Study/Research on the topic

Analysis of the women political partcipation in armenia

Organization: USAID/NDI/OxYGen, 2020
Language: English/Armenian

Women and men in armenia statistical booklet

Organization: Armenian national statistical service, 2019
Language: English/Armenian

Human rights defender’s annual report 2019. part13 women’s rights

Organization: RoA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, 2019
Language: Armenian

Armenia country gender assessment

Organization: RoA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, 2019
Language: English

Research on public perceptions of and policy gaps regarding women’s leadership and participation in decision-making in the context of local self- government reform

Organization: UNDP/OxYGen, 2019
Language: English/Armenian

Snap parliamentary elections – 2018: peculiarities of women’s electoral behavior research report

Organization: EU/OxYGen, 2019
Language: English/Armenian

Women’s participation in yerevan municipal council elections: analytical brief

Organization: OxYGen/ProMedia-Gender NGO , 2018
Language: English/Armenian

The effect of gender quota on the elections of 2017

Organization: OxYGen, 2017
Language: English/Armenian

Women’s political participation in the 2012 parliamentary elections. the analytical overiew

Organization: AAWUE/OSCE, 2012
Language: English/Armenian

Particapation for changes, results for qualitative researches

Organization: OXFAM/CAUCASUS SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER, 2012
Language: English/Armenian

Men and women in armenian media

Organization: Caucasus Institute, 2014
Language: English

Men and women in armenian media

Organization: Caucasus Institute, 2012
Language: English

Women in local administration in Armenia

Organization: Caucasus Institute, 2011
Language: English/Armenian

Sociological study on the gender dimension of civil and political participation in Armenia

Organization: UNFPA/CAUCASUS SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER, 2011
Language: English/Armenian

Woman's image in armenian media

Organization: UNFPA/PRO MEDIA GENDER NGO, 2011
Language: English/Armenian

Women’s political participation in the 2007 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Armenia

Organization: AAWUE/OSCE, 2007
Language: English/Armenian

Monitoring of the implementation of the Beijing platform for action, the millennium development goals and the un convention on political rights of women in the Republic of Armenia

Organization: AAWUE/OSI, 2014
Language: English/Armenian

Women political participation