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Ms Sona GHAZARYAN (Armenia, ALDE)

Photo member

Substitute
M.P.
Civil Contract

National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
AM - 0095 - Yerevan
Armenia

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2023 , 2022 , 2021

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe since 29/09/2021
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 27/09/2021 to 28/09/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 27/09/2021 Substitute - Armenia

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Member: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (since 24/04/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (since 25/01/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 25/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 27/09/2021)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/06/2023 | 11:21:59 Madam rapporteur, first of all I would like to congratulate you on this report. What we are facing now is a widespread introduction of technologies, with basic digital tools becoming increasingly essential for fulfilling our fundamental needs. However, this growing reliance on digital technologies has also led to the emergence of inequalities in various domains. The impact of these disparities was felt acutely during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as in war zones and areas affected by... 28/04/2023 | 11:09:26 Honourable Chair, Dear Colleagues, I would like to express my gratitude, first of all, to Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK for taking the floor for her speech. I would also like to thank Ms Fiona O'LOUGHLIN for her excellent analysis on the topic of youth in media. Media can provide young people with an excellent platform for networking, for self-expression. It can be a good platform to gain new skills and knowledge. However, dear friends, it can be a source of mental health issues, as Ms Yelyzaveta... 25/04/2023 | 19:15:08 Thank you. Honourable chair, dear colleagues. Today we are discussing a very important topic for us. I would like to congratulate the rapporteur for creating a space to touch upon such core principles as democracy, the rule of law. Such principles we all believe in. This initiative that was introduced back in 2010 is there to promote values, and of course, establish structure, so to say, institutional mechanism on co-operation with parliaments of the countries that perform rapprochement with... 27/01/2023 | 11:16:18 Thank you, dear Chair. First of all, I would like to thank Ms Marta Grande for the report and Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK for presenting it. I think it's a very essential and timely report. What we have to deal with nowadays is the rise of populism and nationalism that continuously creates social conflicts and challenges the realisation of human rights in our member states. We, as a group agree that universities should be human rights and democracy incubators, and education plays itself a crucial... 25/01/2023 | 17:29:41 Chair, dear colleagues, I was waiting for the speakers list and I am truly impressed and happy to see such a distinguished one. So many men. Men stepped up and perhaps some will get out of their comfort zone and will speak on the specific subject that is the fight against violence. Also, there is ample evidence showing that women are more vulnerable to gender-based violence than men but I believe the fight against the phenomenon should be owned by all of us, regardless of gender. What happens...

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