Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s first women’s bar association was officially launched in mid-May with the backing of the Rule of Law Initiative and USAID. Azerbaijan has one of the lowest rates of female legal professionals in the NIS, and support to women lawyers is greatly needed.
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EU Commissioner on human rights, Thomas Hammarberg, is concerned about the lack of women’s representation in politics and leading positions. “Still the power between men and women is not given equally”, said commissioner.
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The Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Affairs signed today a joint project “21st century without violence against women” aimed at creating an enabling environment for reducing violence against women in Azerbaijan.
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Azerbaijani MP, Ganira Pashayeva, will attend the Global Summit of Women to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 5-7, the Parliament reported. The summit will be devoted to the theme "Women: Bridging solutions to the 21st century". Pashayeva will present a report at the event to highlight the state of women`s rights, successes and problems in Azerbaijan.

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Azerbaijani national leader Heydar Aliyev laid the basis of modern state policy towards women in Azerbaijan," he said. "The ignorant and incomprehensible policy was conducted against women during the period of the Popular Front. At present, a new policy of a family and women which was commenced in 1993 successfully continues. I do not think that there are few women in Azerbaijani science, culture, politics and state establishment. But women must become more active in these areas and not to stay away from the world values and development."