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Emma Alekseevna Gamisonia (Russian: Эмма Алексеевна Гамисония) is a politician from Abkhazia. She currently serves as Vice-Speaker of the People's Assembly of Abkhazia.

Gamisonia was first elected to the Assembly in the election of 2002. Her name was initially included among the members of the political party Republic at the time of its formation, although it later became clear that this had been done without her knowledge and against her will.[1] She was returned to the Assembly again in the elections of 2007 and 2012, in the latter becoming the only woman to win a seat in the body.[2] She has served as Vice-Speaker since she was first elected to the position in 2012.[3][4] In 2016 she remained the only woman serving in the Assembly;[5] that year she was one of only two lawmakers to vote against a ban on abortion passed by the parliament.[6] In 2017 she spoke against the gender law passed by the People's Assembly in 2008, admitting that while its goals were laudable it did not work;[7] she has also been invited to participate in women's forums elsewhere.[8] Gamisonia has expressed her support for the Republic of Artsakh, hitherto unrecognized by any member state of the United Nations.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Выпуск № 016". Apsnypress. 29 January 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ Administrator. "Democracy in Abkhazia: a testing year, by George Hewitt". abkhazworld.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Валерий Бганба избран спикером парламента Абхазии". Apsnypress. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  4. ^ Kuchuberia, Anzhela (4 April 2012). "Депутаты парламента Абхазии избрали четырех вице-спикеров". Caucasian Knot. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  5. ^ Sputnik. "Гамисония о демографии в стране: запретные меры хороши, но я против". sputnik-abkhazia.ru. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  6. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld - Medical Experts Decry Abkhazia's Rash Abortion Ban". refworld.org. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Эмма Гамисония: гендерный закон, единогласно принятый Парламентом в 2008 году, не работает". www.apsnypress.info. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Abkhazia Emma Gamisonia will take part in the Eurasian women's forum". www.apsnypress.info. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  9. ^ Sputnik. "Эмма Гамисония: референдум в Арцахе проходил очень демократично". sputnik-abkhazia.ru. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
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