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    Prosperous Armenia proposes amendments to gender-equality bill

    16:41 - 03.08.13


    A senior lawmaker of the Prosperous Armenia party (PAP) says their
    parliamentary group has proposed amendments to the controversial
    gender equality bill that spurred heated debates in the public and
    political circles months after receiving the legislative's approval.

    The proposal is particularly aimed at banning the characterization of
    `gender' as an `acquired social behavior'.

    `In May, the parliament adopted the Draft Law on Equal Rights and
    Opportunities for Men and Women. Its second clause has stirred up a
    big fuss in the society and the social networks. I share the existing
    concerns - as a parliament member - over the definition of gender. The
    term gender has been declared as an acquired behavior under the bill,
    which is quite unacceptable,' the secretary of the PAP faction in
    parliament, Naira Zohrabyan, told Tert.am.

    She agreed in the meantim that their lawmakers may also have ignored
    the provision and voted in favor of the proposal.

    `I have officially put the draft amendment into circulation and
    proposed excluding `the acquired social behavior' term. I hope my
    colleagues will back the proposal at the September session, and the
    clause that gave way to so many concerns will be fully removed,' she
    noted.

    Zohrabyan said further that she intends to call for parliamentary
    hearings to address the existing concerns and propose further
    amendments.

    `I have already met with NGOs concerned over the issue. I think we'll
    organize hearings in September to finalize the law,' she said.

    Zohrabyan is nonetheless inclined to consider the proposal a positive
    reform. `[It is important] to give men and women equal rights in all
    spheres, including employment and education. Those wordings did really
    distort the correct, kind and literate goal that lay behind the bill,'
    she added.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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