Կանայք քաղաքականության մեջ (կարծրատիպեր և արդիականություն)

Abstract

Nowadays we witness many cases of sex-based discrimination in different spheres of our society that seem to compile our "quasi" reality. A situation created inArmenia from the first sight is seen as: the laws are adopted according to democratic procedures and the rights of sexes are not violated, also, it can be said that the legislation provides equal opportunities for both sexes. But in reality thousands of problems are accumulated that are emerging from the discrepancies between the reality and the legal framework. Women's political activism and political participation are from one side an important consistency of a post-conflict society, from the other side it is the key indicator of a democratic political system. A social and political situation in contemporary Armenia is of a kind that regardless of women's wishes they are pushed back to the second and third plans and are considered to be derivatives of masculine culture. Women constitute nearly the half of the world's and more than 53% of Armenia's population. Consequently, the political potential of this social group is quite enormous and itwould be luxurious to ignore this fact in relation to a country like ours is. The abovementioned issues are discussed in the article.