Members of the Seimas

Members of the Seimas - Marija Aušrinė PAVILIONIENĖ

	Marija Aušrinė PAVILIONIENĖ
	Member of the Seimas from 2012-11-16 till 2016-11-14.

Position

Committees of the Seimas

Committee on Education, Science and Culture, Member ( 2012-11-20–2013-10-21 )
Committee on Human Rights, Member ( 2013-10-22–2013-12-31 )
Committee on Human Rights, Member ( 2014-01-01–2016-11-14 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2012-11-20–2013-12-31 )
Committee on European Affairs, Member ( 2014-01-01–2016-11-14 )

Commissions of the Seimas

Commission for Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )

Political Groups of the Seimas

Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group, Member ( 2012-11-16–2016-11-14 )

Parliamentary Groups

Women's Parliamentary Group, Head ( 2012-11-27–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Member ( 2012-11-27–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Arab Republic of Egypt, Head ( 2012-12-03–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Georgia, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Latin America, Member ( 2012-12-04–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the United States of America, Member ( 2012-12-06–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa, Deputy Head ( 2012-12-18–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for Development Cooperation and Reproductive Health and Rights, Head ( 2012-12-19–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the State of Israel, Member ( 2012-12-20–2016-11-14 )
Parliamentary Group for the Territorial Integrity of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) Countries, Member ( 2014-03-10–2016-11-14 )
Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Sultanate of Oman, Deputy Head ( 2015-04-10–2016-11-14 )

History

Was elected to the Seimas 2004 – 2008.
Was elected to the Seimas 2008 – 2012.

Biography

Date of birth	6 April 1944
Place of birth	Kaunas, Lithuania

Education
1999	Doctor Habilitatus, Vilnius University
1995	International programme Women’s Role in Politics, USA
1993	Traineeship, Lund University, Sweden
1991	Traineeship, University of Madison, Wisconsin, USA
1985	Traineeship, Georgetown University, Washington D. C., USA
1979	Traineeship, Leningrad State University (currently Saint Petersburg State University), Russian Federation
1977	PhD in Humanities, University of Kyiv, Ukraine
1969	Vilnius State University (currently Vilnius University), postgraduate studies of Western European and American literature
1967	Vilnius State University, studies of the English language and literature

Work experience
2001–2004	Professor, Department of World Literature, Vilnius University
1999–2002	Managing Editor and Compiler, journal Feminism, Society, Culture, Vilnius University
1995–2001	Head, Department of World Literature, Vilnius University
1994–2000	Director, Gender Studies Centre, Vilnius University
1984–2001	Associate Professor, Department of World Literature, Vilnius University
1978–1984	Senior Lecturer, Department of Foreign Literature, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius State University
1967–1978	Lecturer, Department of English Language, Faculty of Philology, Vilnius State University

Political career
	Member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (since 2008)
Since 2012	Member, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, Commission for Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction
	Member, Lithuanian Social Democratic Party Political Group
2008–2012	Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Commission for Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addiction
2004–2008	Member, Committee on Education, Science and Culture
	Member, then Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs
	Member, Petitions Commission
	Member, Commission for Youth and Sport Affairs

Miscellaneous

Activities: Founder, Gender Studies Centre, Vilnius University (1992); President, Lithuanian Association of University Women (1991–1996)

Awards: Woman of the Year 2009; Award by the European Parliament Forum for protection of human and women’s rights in Lithuania and for activities in the Family Planning and Sexual Health Association (2012)

Publications: monographs The Drama of the Sexes (1998) and The Plays of Life and Theatre: Twentieth Century Western Drama (2004); articles for textbooks and scientific journals Feminism, Society, Culture and Literature of Vilnius University; author of the book Hopes and Disillusion (2011)

Family

Widow, with two sons