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On February 3, the member of Scottish Conservative Party, representative of the European Women’s Lobby Campaign, international expert of the British Council Ms. Marsha Scott was in the National Assembly within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding on gender issues signed on November 30 between RA National Assembly and the British Council Office in Armenia.

The Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Ms. Arevik Petrosyan received Ms. Marsha Scott. During the meeting Ms. Petrosyan informed about women’s involvement in the legislative bodies, NA approaches on gender issues, legislative solutions and initiatives, and the cooperation with the British Council. The sides discussed issues concerning the equal opportunities policy, improvement of women’s role in the public and political life, council on women’s issues being created in the National Assembly, management of budgetary effective procedure and international progressive experience in that sphere.     
Ms. Arevik Saribekyan, British Council Office Director in Armenia also attended the meeting.

On the same day Ms. Scott also met the women MPs and the staff representatives of the National Assembly. During the meeting the international expert presented the experience of inter-party groups and committees with equal opportunities of Scotland and Great Britain and other issues connected with the gender budgeting, international practice in the sphere of gender equality.

RA NA Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs also received Ms. Scott and discussed a number of issues concerning the gender legislation.

The events stipulated by the Memorandum of Understanding on gender issues signed between RA NA and the British Council Office in Armenia will continue.