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;[citation needed] that year she was one of only two lawmakers to vote against a ban on abortion passed by the parliament.[5] 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;[6] she has also been invited to participate in women's forums elsewhere.[7] Gamisonia has expressed her support for the Republic of Artsakh, hitherto unrecognized by any member state of the United Nations.[citation needed]
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- ^ "Валерий Бганба избран спикером парламента Абхазии". Apsnypress. 3 April 2012. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ Kuchuberia, Anzhela (4 April 2012). "Депутаты парламента Абхазии избрали четырех вице-спикеров". Caucasian Knot. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld - Medical Experts Decry Abkhazia's Rash Abortion Ban". refworld.org. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Эмма Гамисония: гендерный закон, единогласно принятый Парламентом в 2008 году, не работает". www.apsnypress.info. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Abkhazia Emma Gamisonia will take part in the Eurasian women's forum". www.apsnypress.info. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.