NGOs of Azerbaijan carried out the gender projects
Name: Agro-Meslehet Center
Year of est.: 1999
Address: 40b, J.Jabarly, 5th floor, room 301, Caspian Business Center
Baku
Phone: (99412) 4978188, 4997018 Fax: (99412) 4976268
E-mail: Faig_agro@azeurotel.com
Contact: Nadirov Faig, Hajiyev M.
Main focus: Carrying out agricultural training, consulting, and technical assistance.
Activity: The help to women-farmers of Geranboj in marketing researches and sale farmer production. 2000. CARE INTERNATIONAL. The help to women - farmers Apsheron, Cuba, Hkachmaz, Acstava and Lenkoran in marketing researches and sale farmer production. 1998-2000. Development of farming and agrobusiness in Lenkaran zone of Azerbaijan (EF). "From farmer to farmer" (ACDI/VOCA). Economical opportunities in Central Azerbaijan (ACDI/VOCA).
Keywords: Farmer. Marketing. Consulting.
Name: ALAC (Advocacy and Legal Advice Center)
Address: C. Cabbarli str. 16, apart. 7
Baku
AZ1000
Phone: (99412) 4992038, 4181109 Fax: (99412) 4992038
E-mail: sevinja@transparency-az.org Web: http://transparency-az.org
Contact: Agayeva Sevinj
Main focus: Legal aid for women and girls, carrying out of trainings and consultations by the rights of women.
Name: "AREAT" Research Center
Year of est.: 1998
Address: A.Alekberov street 565, apart. 76
Baku
AZ1010
Phone: (99412) 4381577 Fax: (99412) 5105441
E-mail: areat@azeronline.com
Contact: Abasov Ali, Kasumova Yelena
Main focus: Studying the social processes in post-totalitarian society. Addressing the topics of conflict prevention and resolution. Conducting training. Studying gender issues. Conduct the gender research. Conduct and support ICT. Support IT study for women. Creation the coalition for gender balans. Support SME. Conduct conflict study. Creation information and educational centers.
Activity: Workshop on conflicts in business. EF. Development of women enterpreneurship. EF. Conference on Gender Issues. 1998. US Embassy. Business training. AED, BP/AIOC. "Social Marketing of Azerbaijan Regional NGOs" - 2001. Eurasia Fund. "Social Marketing of Azerbaijan NGOs for the support of Civil Society" - 2001. Eurasia Fund. "Comparative Analysis of the Legislations on Local Self - administration in Azerbaijan. The book: "Actual problems of a gender". 2002.
Keywords: Information. Research. Conflict. Marketing. Gender. Peacemaking.
Name: Center for Mass Media Rights
Address: Bina, Farmanov str., h. 27
Baku
Phone: (99412) 4925791, (99450) 6370143 Fax: (99412) 4925791
E-mail: metanet007@mail.ru
Contact: Muslimqizi Matanat
Main focus: Protection of the rights of journalists, increase of public knowledge of principles of a freedom of speech.
Name: Citizens' Labour Rights Protection League
Address: Rasul Rza str. 87, apart. 9
Baku
AZ1014
Phone: (99412) 4958554 Fax: (99412) 4385645
E-mail: clrpl@bakinter.net Web: www.clrpl.org
Contact: Mammedov Sahib
Main focus: Renders educational assistance to existing and newly created trade unions of Azerbaijan; is engaged in labor rights instruction for employees and activists of their representative organs; renders free juridical assistance to those, whose economic and social rights have been violated.
Activity: Creation of Human Rights Resource Center. 1998. USA Embassy and Open Society Institute. Creation of Community Basis Organizations in regions. This project was carried out along with Women's Rights Protection Society and Human Rights Resource Center. 2000. USA Embassy in Azerbaijan. Publication of reference book on labor rights. 2001.
Keywords: Ensuring non-discriminatory legal and policy frameworks.
Name: Debate in Civil Society
Year of est.: 1998
Address: Nigar Rafibeyly str. 5, 4th floor of the school #189
Baku
AZ1001
Phone: (99412) 4970846 Fax: (99412) 4970846
E-mail: sseid-zadeh@azdata.net
Contact: Aliyev Rufat, Seyidzade Shahin
Main focus: Development of civil activity among youth.
Activity: Empowering education. 2000-2003. OSI-AF.
Keywords: Education.
Name: Forum of NGOs dealing with migration issues "FANGOM"
Address: Nizami street 101, apart. 17
Baku
Phone: (99412) 4939972, 4981616 Fax: (99412) 4980770
E-mail: azer_ak@yahoo.com
Contact: Rajably Vusal, Allahveranov Azer
Main focus: Struggle against traffic.
Activity: Studying of a problem of traffic by women in northern regions Azerbaijan. 2001. International the organization on migrations. Studying some aspects of a problem of violence over family in southern region. 2002. International the organization on migrations.
Keywords: Traffic. Violence.
Name: Empowering Education
Year of est.: 2001
Address: L. Tolstoy str. 142
Baku
AZ1005
Phone: (99412) 4718303, (99450) 3008330 Fax: (99412) 4972108
E-mail: empowering_edu_az@yahoo.com
Contact: Efendiyeva Gulara
Main focus: Support gender education. Support effective communication. Discrabe oral history of Azerbaijan women.
Activity: Empowering education. 2000-2003. OSI-AF. The book: Gender sight at school textbooks. 2007. OSI-AF.
Keywords: Education. Gender. Oral history. Teachers.
Name: Gender Research Center under Western University
Year of est.: 2001
Address: Istiglaliyat street 27
Baku
AZ1001
Phone: (99412) 4921475 Fax: (99412) 4926701
E-mail: gencent.wuaz@azeurotel.com
Contact: Rasulova Lidiya, Qurbanova Saida
Main focus: Development of curriculum on gender issues to be taught in institutes of higher education. Conduct gender researches. Realizing the gender program for high school.
Conduct the gender training, seminars and conferences. Publishing the text-books with gender issues.
Activity: Interdisciplinary gender program for the higher educational system of Azerbaijan (OSI). "Gender in Development" (UNDP). The development and the edition of the course of the lectures on a gender for system higher education. 2002. OSI-AF. The textbook "The gender, a history of a society, culture". 2001. OXFAM. The textbook "The methodological manual on gender training". OXFAM. The conference. "Integration of the gender theory in social and humanitarian disciplines." 2002. The conference. " Theory-methodological aspects of problems gender training with system of higher education. 2002. The methodology of application of bases of a gender in social and humanitarian disciplines. 2003. OSI-AF.
Keywords: Gender study. Education.
Name: Gender and Human Rights Union
Year of est.: 1999
Address: Huseyn Javid Avenue 518, House 15, apart. 10
Baku
AZ1073
Phone: (99412) 4393747, 4393728 Fax: (99412) 4393747
E-mail: mirrena54@yahoo.com
Contact: Mirzazade Rena
Main focus: Protection the rights of women and men. Independent gender researches. Conduct the gender training, seminar and conferences.
Activity: Gender: a new stage in female problems. 1998-2000. Private persons. The magazine "Genderology". 2000 UNDP. Gender researches. 2000-2002. Private persons. The textbook. "A gender and feminism." 2002. Private persons. The textbook. "Gender and culture."2003. OSI-AF. The book. "A gender, a society, human rights, a policy". 2003. Private persons. "Gender map of Azerbaijan" .
Keywords: Gender study. Education.
Name: Potential Sumgayit Experts' Union
Year of est.: 1998
Address: Koroglu ave. 27a, the 12th microregion
Sumqayit
AZ5011
Phone: (018) 665133, (018) 6465826, Fax: (018) 6465826
(99450) 3307027
E-mail: potentialuss@rambler.ru, fariz_@mail.ru
Contact: Ferzeliyev Sahib
Main focus: Support of experts from Sumqayit.
Activity: Seminars "Rights of women". 1999-2003. OXFAM. The legal aid to deprived women. 1999-2003. Eurasia.
Keywords: Legal aid. Raising awareness about reproductive health. Preventing violence against women, early marriages. Supporting the fight against trafficking in human beings. Tolerance and Non-Discrimination.
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.
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