Gender
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Proposals to amend the Family Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, providing for certain restrictions, including the prohibition of marriages between blood relatives in connection with genetic diseases...
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Azerbaijan finds itself at a crossroads regarding the legality and social implications of related marriages. In a public discussion titled "Related marriages," Rustam Gasimov, head of the sector of th...
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Despite the glorious history of women's liberation from male oppression, today Azerbaijan remains on the list of countries where the traditionalist population classifies the "beautiful half" as the wo...
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Over the past month, a series of such news has appeared on the agenda - a 14-year-old girl was gang-raped in Barda, a 13-year-old girl became a mother, a woman was beheaded by her own father in Agsu....
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The Civil Rights Institute has prepared a number of proposals to amend (bring) the legislation of Azerbaijan in the field of preventing domestic violence in line with international human rights standa...
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In recent years, killing and violence against women have become a trend in Azerbaijan. Looking back at recent events, there has not been a day without a report that a woman was raped or murdered by a...
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Experts see the solution to the problem in improving the quality of education
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On March 8, International Women's Day, we spoke with Shahla Ismayil, chairwoman of the Women's Association for Rational Development, about the situation of women's rights in Azerbaijan and their posit...
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The Istanbul Convention (IC – a CE document submitted for signing by member countries on May 11, 2011, Turkey).This is the first document obliging signer countries to fight the violence against women...
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An unauthorized meeting of feminists – according to social networks – was held on March 8 in the center of the Azerbaijani capital. The meeting was blocked by police that forced out the protesters to...
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According to the State Statistics Committee, at the beginning of 2020, women made up 50.1% of the total population and 48.6% of the economically active population. Women account for 37.7 percent of th...
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Recently, feminism as an ideology has become a trend in Azerbaijan, however, the activation of feminism in society is perceived ambiguously. Some people claim that this wave came to us from the West....