BackThe Ombudsman participated in the conference jointly organized with the Council of Europe (CoE), the Ombudsman Office, the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs and the Press Council on “Gender Equality and Media” devoted to the 70th anniversary of the CoE and the centenary of women’s suffrage in Azerbaijan.
In the event the Ombudsman expressed best wishes to the CoE on the occasion of the 70th anniversary and pointed out to the 700 proposals including those related to the issues of women. More than half of these proposals were ensured.
The Ombudsman noted that the related target of SDGs on gender equality should be in focus of the state bodies and any kind of discrimination against women or children must be eliminated in accordance with the CEDAW Convention and national legislation.
It was mentioned that Azerbaijani women enjoyed voting rights since 1918 thanks to the equal suffrage granted in the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the first parliamentary republic in the east.
The Ombudsman proposed to organize trainings for political careers of women; promoting gender-sensitive attitude; developing women entrepreneurship; increasing leadership capacities; raising social awareness on equal participation of women and men in public life; eliminating women’s economic dependency and exploitation; building cooperation between women NGOs and state bodies; setting regional shelters for victims of abuse, etc.
Source: Commissioner for Human Rights, Azerbaijan
