On November 23, a conference was held in Europe Hotel on the project Prevention of violence against women realized by the State Committee for Problems of Families, Women and Children of Azerbaijan, UNFPA and Youth Organization of Refugees and Internally displaced Persons. The conference brought together the representatives of relevant state bodies, ministries, courts, parliament and NGOs, Trend reports.
The results of the project Prevention of violence against women were also dedicated to the International Day of preventing violence against women November 25. During the conference, the Chairman of the State Committee for Problems of Families, Women and Children, Hijran Huseynova spoke about transformation of the violence against women into a serious problem of the society.
The Deputy of the Azerbaijani Parliament Gular Ahmadova made a speech on the topic Women rights in international standards. The Chairman of the Nasimi District Court Aladdin Jafarov gave a speech on the topic of Court experience on cases linked with violence against women.
The Deputy Chairman of the Department for Fight with Human Trafficking of the Internal Ministry of Azerbaijan, Iman Jafarov spoke about the works done in Azerbaijan to combat human trafficking.
The Deputy Head of the Sabail District Executive Power, Khalida Bayramova, representative of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations and others exchanges views on the social protection of women and religious values in relation with women. During the first half of the conference, reports were delivered by Deputy Justice Minister Nazim Alekperov, Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Constitutional Court Sona Salmanova and others.