Factors of women’s participation in politics and public life | Gayane Kalantaryan | TEDxYerevanWomen

In this interview, Gayane Kalantaryan shares her vision of the most important factors in ensuring women’s participation in political and public life. Gayane Kalantaryan is from Vanadzor. She studied at Yerevan State Medical Institute. Since 1993, Gayane has been the Chief Physician of the Lori regional psychiatric dispensary, then the Director. She currently works as a psychiatrist. She has been a board member of the Armenian Psychiatric Association for about ten years.

Gayane is actively involved in the public and political life of her town. She was the first and only female member of the Vanadzor community council for about three years and is still a council member. She has also headed the Vanadzor Community Center for Children with Special Needs. Despite being a doctor by profession, Gayane was also a member of the artistic council of the Hovhannes Abelyan Drama Theater in Vanadzor.

Gayane has participated in numerous local government seminars in Armenia and abroad, as well as conferences, courses in the United States, England, Scotland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and other countries. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx