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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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FRENCH MOVE TO CONSIDER BAN ON WEARING THE BURQA IN PUBLIC
 Paris, France - Five years
after France
prohibited the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in public schools, a movement
is gathering momentum here for a more radical measure: outlawing the wearing of
the burqa in public
Read... 2009/06/30
| CZECH REPUBLIC - ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT FINALLY PASSED
 The Czech Republic
Anti-Discrimination Act bans unequal treatment on the basis of sex, age,
disability, race, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual orientation, religious
affiliation, faith or world-view
Read... 2009/06/25
| EGYPT-FEMALE CIRCUMCISION DECREASING AMONG YOUNG WOMEN
While over 90% of Egyptian women age 15-49 have been
circumcised, the 2008 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) indicates that
female circumcision rates are declining and that support for the practice is
waning
Read... 2009/06/25
| 'UNTOUCHABLE' ELECTED INDIA'S FIRST WOMAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER
 India's parliament
elected on Wednesday its first woman speaker, who is also a member of the
low-caste Dalit community, an event hailed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as
a "historic occasion Meira Kumar, 64, was elected
unopposed by a voice vote in India's
543-seat lower house of parliament, which includes 59 women MPs
Read... 2009/06/16
| WORKING WOMEN CHANGING TRADITIONAL ROLES IN LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN: UN REPORT
An increase of
Latin American and Caribbean women in the
workforce is challenging the traditional interplay between work and family
life, a joint United Nations report said today, adding that responding to this
phenomenon is an essential step towards gender equality and more productive
economies
Read... 2009/06/16
| SAUDI ARABIA - PLEDGES POSITIVE CHANGES ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS & END TO JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY - UN - IMPLEMENTATION IMPORTANT
"Saudi women have waited a long time for these
changes... Now they need concrete action so that these commitments do not remain
words on paper in Geneva,
but are felt by Saudi women in their daily lives."
Read... 2009/06/16
| PETITION FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF TWO AMERICAN JOURNALISTS
 Reporters Without Borders and the International Women's
Media Foundation have jointly launched a petition for the immediate and
unconditional release of reporters Laura Ling and Euna
Lee
Read... 2009/06/12
| AFRICA STEPS UP THE FIGHT AGAINST MATERNAL AND CHILD DEATHS
 The very survival of
women and children in Africa may depend on the
newly-launched Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in
Africa (CARMMA)
Read... 2009/06/03
| CUBA - TACKLING GENDER VIOLENCE
The real cause of this social problem has to do with
relationships of power and control, says sociologist and academic, Clotilde
Proveyer
Read... 2009/06/03
| A WOMAN AS PRESIDENT: IRAN'S IMPOSSIBLE DREAM?
 Every four years, hundreds of
Iranians register to stand as candidates in the country's presidential
election
Read... 2009/05/23
| WOMEN WIN FIRST PARLIAMENT SEATS IN KUWAIT HISTORY
Women have won four seats in Kuwait's
parliament, the first women to do so in the Gulf Arab state's history, official
election results showed on Sunday
Read... 2009/05/23
| CHRISTIAN WOMEN FACE UNKNOWN WORLD IN PAKISTAN
During the recent days of battle in the northwest region of the Swat Valley,
minority groups are leaving as quickly as possible
Read... 2009/05/23
| ALGERIA: WOMEN'S MOVEMENT STILL GOING STRONG
Those
who think that Algerians have been passive victims of their country's political
problems need look no further than the Algerian women's movement for a change
of mind
Read... 2009/05/23
| WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN TO STOP FEMALE GYM CLOSURES
 A group of young Saudi women have begun a campaign to protest against a
government decision to close all the country's female gyms that are not linked
to a hospital or health body
Read... 2009/05/02
| ARMENIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE - OMINOUS SILENCE ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Over a quarter of Armenian women have been hit or
beaten by a family member and about two thirds have experienced psychological
abuse, yet the state grossly fails to prevent, investigate and punish domestic
violence, say researchers and rights activists
Read... 2009/05/02
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“KYZYL-SHAFAG AND KERKENJ: HISTORY OF VILLAGE SWAP UNDER KARABAKH CONFLICT”
The Heinrich Boell Foundation,
Germany and the Independent Research Group "NOVATOR" conducted
a presentation of the book titled "Kyzyl-Shafag
and Kerkenj: History of Village Swap under Karabakh Conflict" on June 9 in Caucasus Research
Resource Center
Read... 2009/06/10
| GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN PRACTICE: A TOOLKIT
 The integration of a gender
perspective into programming and policy-making - Gender Mainstreaming - has
become a key priority of UNDP
Read... 2009/03/31
| EDUCATING WOMEN TO EDUCATE A NATION
 The present work is dedicated to a unique phenomenon
which is the first secular school for Muslim girls in the Islamic world
Read... 2009/03/14
| EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN TO LEAD CHANGE A TRAINING MANUAL
Empowering Young Women to Lead Change is an easy to follow resource
manual designed to enable young women to prepare and facilitate training on a
host of issues that are important to them
Read... 2008/11/12
| MAYBE BABY
MAYBE BABY is an intimate,
provocative book that takes a new look at the emotional and physiological journeys of 6
women in their '30s and '40s as they pursue pregnancy through the world of
Assisted Reproductive Technology, a multi-billion dollar industry on the
cutting edge of medicine and science.
Read... 2008/08/22
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IS REPORT OF US DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLITICIZED?
Report of the US Department of State, regarding people trafficking in Azerbaijan, caused concern and regret,
said at the press-conference the head of the Temiz Dunya (Clean World) Union and member of the NGO Coalition, Mehriban
Zeynalova
Read... 2009/06/25
| MAJOR GENERAL (SELECT) TRACY GARRETT, COMMANDER, U.S. MARINE FORCES EUROPE AND AFRICA, WILL BE VISITING BAKU
Major General
(select) Tracy Garrett, Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Europe and Africa, will be visiting Baku, Azerbaijan
from June 23-June 25
Read... 2009/06/25
| STATE DEPARTMENT: AZERBAIJAN REMAINS THE SOURCE AND PLACE FOR TRAFFICKING
US State
department published Annual report Trafficking in Persons for 2008
Read... 2009/06/20
| PROBLEM OF TRAFFICKING REMAINS ACUTE IN AZERBAIJAN
It is necessary to enlighten public about the problem of trafficking;
this is one of the main conclusions of the presentation of the project
"Enlightenment of teenagers on the fight against people trafficking
Read... 2009/05/23
| NUMBER OF PEOPLE SUPPORTING SURRENDER OF POWER TO MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA GROWS
The web site www.contact.com.az
has polled its visitors about possible surrender of power from Ilham Aliyev to
his wife Mehriban Aliyeva
Read... 2009/04/23
| CARLA SEIDL SONG AND VIDEO 'AZERBAIJANI HOUSEWIFE'
Carla Seidl Music video for the song "Azerbaijani
Housewife" off of the album "Under My Skin" released by Carla
Seidl in early 2009
Read... 2009/04/20
| “DALGA” MOVEMENT CAMPAIGNS AGAINST EARLY MARRIAGES
Presentation of intermediary report of the project "Freedom begins at
home" by "Dalga" Youth Movement took place on Wednesday
Read... 2009/04/09
| WOMEN IN PRISON Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Read... 2009/04/08
| WOMEN ACCOUNT FOR 50.6% OF POPULATION IN AZERBAIJAN
As of March 1, women made up
50.6%, or 4.424 million of the population in Azerbaijan, said the State
Statistical Committee
Read... 2009/03/10
| MEDIA ADVISORY
On 8 March International
Women's Day (IWD) will again be celebrated by millions of people around the
world in seminars, rallies, concerts and other events
Read... 2009/03/04
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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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TRAINING ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR MEDIA AND NGOS
 On
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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CALL FOR PAPERS FOR BOOK ON THE ROLE OF GENDER IN TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel,
Dr. Ruth Stanley - Free University Berlin
Read... 2008/09/24
| NATIONAL STATEHOOD AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESSES Date: October 10-11, 2008
Read... 2008/09/24
| SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN RUSSIA IN THE LIGHT OF GLOBALIZATION PROCESSES Date: October 2-10, 2008
Read... 2008/09/24
| FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON WOMEN AND THE MEDIA, ENTITLED “VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, INFORMATION OR SPECTACLE?” WILL BE HELD ON 27-28 OCTOBER 2008, IN VALENCIA, SPAIN
The Congress is organized by
the Valencia Regional Authorities for Social Affairs in collaboration with the
Zero Tolerance Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana
Frente a la
Discriminación y los Malos Tratos) and the Coso Foundation
(Fundación de la
Comunidad Valenciana para el Desarrollo de la Comunicación y la Sociedad)
Read... 2008/09/24
| CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ISLAMIC FEMINISM - CATALONIAN ISLAMIC BOARD – SPAIN
The Third International
Congress on Islamic Feminism has been announced by Junta Islàmica Catalana
(Catalonian Islamic Board) and will take place in Barcelona, 24th-27th October 2008
Read... 2008/09/24
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GENDER DIRECTORY
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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.
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