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are the special issues (printed analogues were distributed in regions), shining{covering} about debatable problems gender theories, gender attitudes and relations in the most different areas of a public life. The research data resulted editions in a significant part are made by advisers of AGIC




THE GENDER RESEARCHES

In this section the gender researches are presented. The researches have been realized by the Azerbaijan authors with 1998 on present time




HOT LINE

To the submitted addresses it is possible to receive legal, psychological and medical aid:

The Crisis Center:
t: 4943376
wcc@online.az


legal consultation. pre-judicial preparation of the documentation . psychological rehabilitation, consultations of the gynecologist. psychiatrist, neuropathologist.

MHAIDS Azerbaijan:
t: 5106614 mhaids@initiative.az


consultations of the gynecologist. psychiatrist, neuropathologist. venereologist, the organization of the specialized analyses

Research Center «AREAT»
t: 438 15 77:

areat@azeronline.com

Consultations in registry offices about an opportunity of the conclusion of the marriage contract at registration of a marriage as precautionary measure against economic violence over family.

LTD “Law and Order”:
ò: (050) 341 06 60
law_order@gender-az.org


legal consultation, drawing up of judicial claims , pre-judicial preparation of the documentation, participation in judicial sessions as the public defender (prosecutor)

«Clean World» Social Union
ò: 497 10 58


Support to victims of human trafficking shelter for victims of human trafficking




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 •   IN THE WORLD OF GENDER

YOUNG WOMAN STONED TO DEATH FOR ELOPING


"In one of the latest honor killings to come to public attention, Kurdistan Aziz was 16 years old when she escaped her family with a man she knew they would not accept, and courageously following the ancient tradition of 'radu kauten' they eloped together to Arbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan
Read... 2008/07/04

THREAT OF DEATH OF YOUNG COUPLE IN THE NAME OF HONOUR KILLING


The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that a young couple has been threatened with death because they married without the permission of their parents
Read... 2008/07/04

BRAVE WOMAN SPRINTER LEADS IRAQI OLYMPICS CHARGE


2008062001_120Iraqi sprinter Dana Abdul-Razzaq has dodged bullets to pursue her love of running, her determination to succeed pushing her to become Iraq's only female athlete at the Beijing Olympics. Few athletes will have faced the obstacles 21-year-old Abdul-Razzaq has overcome to reach Beijing, from a sniper's bullets to a paucity of adequate training facilities and religious and cultural opposition to female athletes.
Read... 2008/06/20

PRISON NUMBERS HIT NEW HIGH


Blacks Hardest Hit by Incarceration Policy Read... 2008/06/20

PALESTINE - WOMEN - "TODAY IT’S ABOUT SHEER SURVIVAL"


Elisabeth Kasbauer, Executive Director of Women without Borders talks with Dr. Sara Roy, Harvard University Researcher
Read... 2008/06/20

GLOBAL WOMEN SUMMIT IN VIETNAM


2008060702_120Hanoi, Jun 5 (Prensa Latina) Almost 1,000 representatives from 70 countries are meeting in Vietnam starting today to discuss the role of women in global economy, and particularly in Asia, as part of the 2008 Global Women's Summit. The three-day forum will be focused on the exchange of experiences and contacts with practical goals, said Irene Natividad, president of Global Women's Summit, a non-profit making organization to promote female development.
Read... 2008/06/07

IRANIAN DESIGNERS SEEK CHIC IN ISLAMIC DRESS


While not exactly trying to put the chic into chador, Iranian fashion designer Haniyeh Abedi believes the strict Islamic dress code requiring women to be covered from head to toe does not mean they cannot look good
Read... 2008/06/07

MEXICO: OAXACA - JARQUIN HEADLINES VIOLENCE AGAINST MEXICAN WOMEN


Soledad Jarquin Edgar had a "change of vision" in 1998 and turned her activist brand of journalism toward women's issues
Read... 2008/06/07

COUNTRY MEETS TARGET ON GENDER BALANCE


2008052403_120Namibia has become the fourth country within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to attain the target of 30 percent women representation in the National Assembly, finally fulfilling the quota set by SADC. Namibia joins Tanzania, South Africa and Mozambique in fulfilling this quota. SADC governments committed themselves to have women occupy at least 30 percent of positions in political and decision-making structures by 2005.
Read... 2008/05/24

WOMEN’S RIGHTS & GENDER EQUALITY, THE NEW AID ENVIRONMENT


The report ‘Gender Equality, the new aid environment and CSOs' was researched and written by the Gender & Development Network (GADN) because of a growing concern about the fast changing aid structures, such as direct budget support, pooled funding schemes for supporting civil society and other forms of donor alignment and their possible implications for work on gender equality and women's rights issues, in the Global North and South
Read... 2008/05/24

ON THE ROAD TO EUROPE: GENDER PARADIGMS


The idea of European integration is a strong and real guarantee for restoring territorial integrity and for the development of Georgian culture and economy
Read... 2008/05/24

PAKISTAN: WOMEN BATTLE TO GAIN VOICE THROUGH LITERACY DRIVE


Pakistan's female adult literacy rate as low as 36 percent, according to the UN, Shahida, married with a one year-old daughter, believes it is up to the women in her community to bring about change, if not for themselves, then for their daughters
Read... 2008/05/14

THE GULF THAT SEPARATES THE SEXES IN SAUDI ARABIA


RIYADH: The dance party in Atheer Jassem Al-Othman's living room was in full swing
Read... 2008/05/14

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY FAMILY LAW CENTER RELEASES RESULTS OF STUDY ON SEX TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CHICAGO


The Schiller DuCanto & Fleck Family Law Center at the DePaul University College of Law will release the results of a major study on the sex trafficking of women and girls in the Chicago metropolitan area at 9:30 a.m
Read... 2008/05/14

TWENTY YEARS' GIRL HAVE BROUGHT ACCUSATION CHANGE OF MOTHERLAND


In Tskhinvali a week as the Committee of a state security has arrested 20-years Yana Bestujeva- Kandelaki
Read... 2008/04/29


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 •   GENDER ISSUE'S NEWS

APDIP AND APC WNSP RELEASE PUBLICATION ON GENDER AND ICT


This publication, with a foreword by Executive Director of UNIFEM, Noeleen Heyzer, looks at information and communications technology (ICT) for development through a gender lens and discusses ICT within a gender equality framework
Read... 2008/07/04

GENDER-RESPONSIVE BUDGETING NEWSLETTER


2008040903_120UNIFEM's Gender Budgets Programme has begun publishing Gender Responsive Budgeting Newsletter, a quarterly publication that seeks to encourage knowledge sharing from gender budget initiatives around the world, share news on progress made in incorporating a gender perspective into budgeting, and inform practitioners of new resources and publications on gender-responsive budgeting (GRB).
Read... 2008/04/09

WOMENLEAD IN PEACE AND STABILITY


2007121501_120Read the stories from an extraordinary group of women who are mediating conflict, caring for refugees, restoring communities and building more responsive governments. These 15 leaders came together for CEDPA's WomenLead in Promoting Peace and Stability workshop, held Oct. 23-Nov. 17, 2006 in Washington, D.C. Each has a powerful story to tell about the conflict in her country, and how women are building lasting peace by rewriting constitutions, negotiating human rights protections, securing access to land and water, and changing mindsets that limit women's roles in their communities.
Read... 2007/12/15

FREEDOM AND FEMINISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY


2007120601_120The movement for women's rights arose in the early 19th century as an off-shoot of abolitionism, the anti-slavery movement that declared each human being to be a self-owner. As with other abolitionists, the early feminists were individualists who drew inspiration from the Declaration of Independence and its principles of individual rights and responsibility. With this vision of individualist feminism, Liberty for Women boldly explores a wide range of issues that confront the modern woman, including self-defense, economic well-being and employment, sex and abortion, the family, technology, and much more.
Read... 2007/12/06

PEACEBUILDING - WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE


This book clarifies some key ideas and practices underlying peace building; understood broadly as formal and informal peace processes that occur during pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict transformation.
Read... 2007/10/16

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 •   GENDER IN AZERBAIJAN

EVA BIAUDET: PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR TRAFFICKING COULD BE BACKED UP BY MORE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE


Special representative of the OSCE  for fight against trafficking Eva Biaudet called on Azerbaijan's authorities to  cooperate  with NGOs in  fight against people trafficking
Read... 2008/06/23

MUSLIM WOMEN ISSUE CLARION CALL FOR MORE RIGHTS


Education, dialogue major ingredients for better understanding
Read... 2008/06/23

LAUNCHING THE PROJECT ON COMBATING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH CAUCASUS.


UNFPA starts the project on Combating Gender Based Violence in South Caucasus
Read... 2008/06/14

CEDAW EXPERT MEETS CHAIRPERSON OF COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILY


2008041503_120_02Visiting expert of UN the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Navamanee (CEDAW) Ratna Patten met Monday with chairperson of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Problems Mrs. Hijran Huseynova to discuss preparation of the report on elimination of discrimination against women.
Read... 2008/04/15

UNESCO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN BAKU UNDER THE AUSPICES OF AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA


2008041102_120_01An international conference of UNESCO to discuss propaganda of literacy in Europe will be held in Gulistan palace in Baku on May 14-16. The due announcement was made by Azerbaijan's Minister of Education Misir Mardanov, Day.Az reports. "The event to be held under the auspices of the first lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva, will be attended by about 200 guests, including the first ladies of a number of countries and other senior officials", Mardanov noted.
Read... 2008/04/11

LEYLA ALIYEVA ELECTED OIC CHIEF COORDINATOR ON DIALOGUE BETWEEN CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS


2008041101_120_01Leyla Aliyeva, head of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation Moscow branch has been elected the Chief Coordinator of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) on a dialogue between cultures and civilizations, Fuad Muradov, member of the Parliament told APA. Fuad Muradov attended the meeting of OIC Youth Forum Governing Board on April 9-10 in Kuwait.
Read... 2008/04/11

AZERBAIJANI OMBUDSWOMAN TO ATTEND 20th SESSION OF ICC


e_sul_120_08Azerbaijan`s Commissioner for Human Rights Elmira Suleymanova will attend the 20th session of the annual meeting of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) in Geneva.
Read... 2008/04/06

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TRAINING EVENT IN BAKU


2008032701_120_01The training on Trafficking in Persons sponsored by the US Embassy, the US Department of Justice and the OSCE has been organized in Baku. According to APA, representatives of the Azerbaijani law-enforcement bodies, non-governmental organizations, US Association of Lawyers and other organizations are attending the event.
Read... 2008/03/28

PROJECT ON PREVENTION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LAUNCHED


It envisages taking measures directed to improvement situation in this field
Read... 2008/01/28

40 AZERBAIJANI WOMEN DIE UPON RETURN FROM ARMENIAN CAPTIVITY


2008010901_120_01"There is a serious problem with the return of women, who were taken captives by Armenians, to normal life. Some of them are not accepted even by their families", Esmira Orudjeva, chairman of the public association of assistance to captives and hostages "Hasret yolu", said.
Read... 2008/01/09


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 •   EVENTS OF CENTER

THE LIBRARIAN OF AGIC HAS NEW PUBLICATION


The Final Report of the FP6 Research project - Coordination Action on Human Rights Violations (CAHRV): Gendering Human Rights Violations: The case of interpersonal violence
Read... 2008/04/07

2007, December


Read... 2008/01/09

Global Fund for Women - On the forum in Tbilisi


Read... 2006/06/03

Gender Study and ICT


Read... 2006/05/16

New editions in library of AGIC


Read... 2006/05/03


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 •   EVENTS OF NGO'S

TRAINING ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR MEDIA AND NGOS


dsc00942_120_01On 20 November 2007 UNDP Azerbaijan together with the experts of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and the Social - Ecology Centre "EcoSphere" (the chief of NGO "EcoSphere" is Firusa Sultan-zade) organized a one day training for journalists and Azeri NGO representatives on global climate change.
Read... 2007/11/26

New project of the Citizens' Labour Rights Protection Leagua


Read... 2006/05/16

The Help to Jobless Women


Read... 2005/12/30

"Êàmillik" Develops


Read... 2005/01/20

Debate in a Civil Society


Read... 2005/01/03

Social Trusteeship


Read... 2005/01/01

In October 2004


Read... 2004/10/01


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 •   NEWS OF CONFERENCES

7TH EUROPEAN FEMINIST RESEARCH CONFERENCE - JUNE 4-7 2009 UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS


The 7th European Feminist Research Conference is an international event based on cutting-edge scholarship
Read... 2008/05/01

JOB OPENING: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GENDER EQUITY ADVISOR - ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE – THE NETHERLANDS


The Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) is an independent centre of knowledge and expertise in the areas of international and intercultural cooperation
Read... 2008/05/01

GENDER, SEXUALITIES AND ETHNIC STUDIES [STARTING SEPT 2008]


The focus of the course is on the interface between nationalisms, racisms, sexualities and gender relations
Read... 2008/05/01

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE SPECIALISTS – IRC – VARIOUS COUNTRIES


The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is global network of humanitarian relief workers, healthcare providers, educators, community leaders, activists, and volunteers
Read... 2008/03/21

STOP STONING AND KILLING WOMEN!—CAMPAIGN AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE – WLUML


Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) launched the Global Campaign to ‘Stop Stoning and Killing Women!' on 26 November 2007 at Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Read... 2008/03/21


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 •   ANALYTICS

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VIRTUAL MUSEIM

AGIC promotes creating the history of civil society and those initiations by studying woman’s public activity in the end of XIX - the beginning of XX centuries. The collection of the visual evidences and oral reminiscences allows not only to recalled the events, become utterly absorbed in the atmosphere that reigned at that time but also to comprehend, understand how and what efforts were demanded for establishing of Caucasus women’s rights. The information collected here will serve also as a supporting material for teachers, historians and researchers working in the sphere of woman’s and gender problems. They will get an opportunity of using these unique documents as historical references, visual and oral evidences.




EUROPEAN WOMEN’S THESAURUS

The European Women’s Thesaurus is the tool for definition and search of the "female" information in databanks, the Internet and the collection of women’s libraries, the documentary centers and archives. The European Women’s Thesaurus contains 2087 European terms.

In the Azerbaijan version of the Thesaurus are brought 589 terms reflecting sociopolitical realities of the Azerbaijan society, national and Islamic culture.




GENDER DIRECTORY

is the data-base of all the national actors involved in women's and gender issues work. The data base supposes to include the gender focal points:  State agencies, National parliament, Business sector, Mass media outlets,   International organizations, functioning in Azerbaijan, Funding institutions, functioning in Azerbaijan, Diplomatic corps, functioning in Azerbaijan, the individual actors (individual feminists, writers and poets, artists, scientific women’s rights lawyers). Attention! The directory is connected by links to databases of women’s NGOs (both registered and non-registered), NGOs carrying out gender projects, researchers and teachers.




AZERBAIJAN STATE COMMITTEE ON FAMILY, WOMAN AND CHILD PROBLEMS

In Azerbaijan by initiative of the President Ilham Aliev in accordance with Presidential Decree dated by 6 of February 2006 State Committee on Family, Women and Children issues has been established. Chairwoman of the Committee is Mrs. Khidjran Guseynova. She is the professor of the Baku State University and the first woman- the doctor of political sciences in Azerbaijan




THE NATIONAL DOCUMENTS

The section presents the international documents on achievement of equality between men and women and protection of human rights for women.




THE INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS

The section presents the international documents on achievement of equality between men and women and protection of human rights for women.




DATABASE OF WOMEN'S NGO

The database base of women’s NGOs includes the registered and unregistered organizations, women’s f groups. Attention! There aren’t practically precisely profile NGOs in Azerbaijan. For completeness of the information search is recommended to realize by several key words




DATABASE OF NGOS, CARRYING OUT GENDER PROJECTS

The database represents the information about the international and national projects on gender problems for the period 1998-2007. Search is carried out both by thematic key words and under names of NGOs






Human Rights in the XXI Century - Azerbaijan














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Regional Initiative of Women's Groups for Promoting ICT as a Strategic Tool for Social Transformation









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