Christine Razanamahasoa

Christine Harijaona Razanamahasoa is a Malagasy politician. She served as a Minister of Justice between 2009 and 2013, and as the president of the National Assembly of Madagascar from February till May 2014, becoming the first woman in this position. She was elected again on 16 July 2019. Quotes Indeed, we are now halfway through our legislative term, and this is a particularly opportune time to take stock. Our primary concern at the beginning of the legislative term was to rehabilitate the various infrastructures that were in a lamentable state. Extensive renovation work has been carried out, particularly on the painting, the sanitary facilities, the Members' Reception Center, certain offices, and the Sessions Hall. We have just completed, just before the opening of this Ordinary Session, all the tiling work in the Palace. We have ratified most international conventions relating to the environment. I would cite, among others, Law No. 2016-027 authorizing Madagascar's accession to the 1994 Convention on Nuclear Safety and Law No. 2016-019 authorizing the ratification of the Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. We participate in the various COPs at the parliamentary level as part of the organization of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Every year, the National Assembly carries out reforestation, and its members are active in information and awareness-raising actions against bushfires and other environmental scourges facing our country. However, women remain underrepresented compared to men, particularly in decision-making positions. We are working hard to correct this situation. Madagascar has been a State party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women since 1989. The ratification of the Maputo Protocol, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, remains a progressive legal instrument that grants many rights to African women and girls. Given our religious and Christian culture, however, we are faced with the problem posed by its Article 14. Interview with Christine Razanamahasoa, President of the Malagasy National Assembly, By CHRISTINE RAZANAMAHASOA, retrieved on OCTOBER 21, 2022 External links Category:Women politicians in Madagascar Category:Living people