Session 3 PC.DEL/984/14 8 August 2014

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Gender Equality Review Conference On Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the 2004 OSCE Gender Action Plan Prof. Hijran Huseynova The Chairperson of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of

Vienna, 10-11 July, 2014

dŚĞĐŽŵƉŽƐŝƚŝŽŶŽĨƚŚĞƉŽƉƵůĂƚŝŽŶ ϱϮй ƵƌďĂŶ ǁŽŵĞŶ

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Suffrage for women 1918 ¾>ŝƚĞƌĂĐLJůĞǀĞů ŽĨƉŽƉƵůĂƚŝŽŶ ϵϵ͕ϴй ¾DĞŶϵϵ͕ϵй ¾tŽŵĞŶϵϵ͕ϴй

/ŶĨůƵĞŶĐĞŽĨƚŚĞEĂŐŽƌŶŽͲ<ĂƌĂďĂŬŚ ŽŶĨůŝĐƚŽŶtŽŵĞŶ

1 000 000 refugees and internally displaced people

156 000 women 297 731 women ƵƌŝŶŐƚŚĞůĂƐƚĨŝǀĞLJĞĂƌƐ

Living conditions of 70 000 Refugees 72 647 women refugees and IDPs and IDPs were improved were provided with relevant jobs

25 048 women were resettled in new settlements

ZĞĨƵŐĞĞƐĂŶĚ/WƐǁŽŵĞŶŚĂǀĞďĞĞŶĂƚƚƌĂĐƚĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐŚŝƉĂĐƚŝǀŝƚŝĞƐ͘ National Legislation

¾Increasing women’s role in Azerbaijan and strengthening their social protection (1998) ¾Implementation of Women Policy( 2000) ¾Guarantees of gender equality (2006) ¾Combating domestic violence (2010) ¾ Amendments to the Family Code (2011 to bring the age of consent to marriage to 18 for both men and women)

State Programs and Strategies with gender component

¾Social - economic development of the regions 2004-2015 ¾State Program on poverty reduction and sustainable development 2007 – 2015 ¾Azerbaijan-2020:the vision of future ¾National Program for Action to Raise Effectiveness of the protection of Human Rights ¾State Program on Azerbaijani Youth 2011-2015 Projects implemented jointly by the state and international organizations

¾ “No to violence against women" together with UNFPA ¾ "Prevention of Domestic Violence" in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ¾ " XXI century without violence against women " together with UNFPA ,Haydar Aliyev Foundation , The State Committee for Family , Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan ¾ "Elimination of sexual violence among internally displaced persons and asylum seekers / refugees" in collaboration with UNHCR ¾ “Promoting Rural Women`s participation in the Social and Economic Life” together with UNDP ¾ Empowering Women Victims of Domestic Violence (DV ) with Improved Socio-Economic Capacity and Gender Awareness in Azerbaijan together with UNFPA and IOM ¾ Promote and Project the Rights of Vulnerable Families , Women and Children , Twinning project , EU ¾ Gender perspectives in media content :raising awareness of journalist and media professionals of gender –based violence and promotion of its combating via the media , UNESCO ¾ Women's Participation Program with Counterpart International Azerbaijan 08/08/2014

¾ Gender perspectives in media content :raising awareness of journalist and media professionals of gender –based violence and promotion of its combating via the media , UNESCO ¾ Women's Participation Program with Counterpart International Azerbaijan ¾ "Combating Gender Based Violence in the South Caucasus" in collaboration with UNFPA ¾ “Analysis of early marriages in Azerbaijan” together with the UNICEF, 2010 ¾ “Analysis of the situation of street children” together with UNICEF ¾ “Analysis of the situation with regard to the registration of newborns” together with UNICEF

7 ¾Providing women with additional opportunities to use their rights ¾Increasing women participation in society ¾Protection of women and children against domestic violence ¾Raising awareness of wider population in the field of gender issues ¾Strengthening the role of rural women in community based decision-making ¾Creation of enabling environment for women entrepreneurship

tŽŵĞŶŝŶĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶͲŵĂŬŝŶŐ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ

20 Women Deputies in 2010

15 Women Deputies in 2005

125 Deputies in National Assembly Parliamentary elections

Municipal elections Municipalities

¾3 Deputy Ministers out of 20 ministries ¾Vice Speaker of the Parliament ¾Chairperson of the State Commission ¾ Chairperson of the State Committee ¾ Ombudsperson ¾ Deputy-Chairperson of the Constitutional Court ¾ Chairperson of the Board on Civil Cases of the Supreme Court ¾Vice-president of the State Oil Company ¾Vice-president of the National Academy of Sciences ¾35 Deputies of executive powers in 85 region ¾45 heads of department at the executive powers ¾3 Rectors of Universities ¾14% of judges ¾ 91 persons out of 271 diplomats working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Women Representation in different spheres

200 women NGOs dealing with different aspects of women issues ( health, education, social-economic development , violence)

2 000 NGOs

Women Non-Governmental Organizations International events on protection of women rights and promotion of gender equality ΗtŽŵĞŶƌŝŐŚƚƐĂƌĞŚƵŵĂŶƌŝŐŚƚƐ͕ ŚƵŵĂŶƌŝŐŚƚƐĂƌĞǁŽŵĞŶ ƌŝŐŚƚƐΗŝŶƚŚĞĨƌĂŵĞǁŽƌŬŽĨ ƌĂŶƐ DŽŶƚĂŶĂ&ŽƌƵŵͲ ϮϬϭϮ ˜–Ž—ȱ’—ȱ˜›•ȱ˜›ž–ȱ˜—ȱ —Ž›Œž•ž›Š•ȱ’Š•˜žŽ

—Ž›Œž•ž›Š•ȱ’Š•˜žŽȱȱŠ— Œž•ž›Š•ȱ’ŸŽ›œ’¢ȱȱŠœȱŠȱ˜˜•ȱ˜›ȱ ‘ŽȱŠŒ‘’ŽŸŽ–Ž—ȱ˜ȱ™ŽŠŒŽȱŠ—ȱ ŽŸŽ•˜™–Ž—

Forums of Women Entrepreneurs under the organisation of United Nations Economic Programme for Asia and chairmanship of the Republic of Azerbaijan Congress of Azerbaijan Women as significant events emphasize the role of focuses on increasing role of women in modern societies and other acute problems in the relevant spheres :

¾ The 1st Congress of Azerbaijani Women in 1998 ¾The 2nd Congress of Azerbaijani Women in 2003 ¾ The 3rd Congress of Azerbaijani Women in 2008 ¾The 4rd Congress of Azerbaijani Women in 2013 Female students of state higher educational institutions by field of study at the beginning of 2011/2012 academic years

60,3 % Medicine

50,9 % Culture and art

49,5 % Chemistry

39,7% Informatics and computing

28,2 % Econonomics and management

23,0% Services in social-cultural spheres

22,4% Natural and technical specialities ŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚĞƌƐďLJĨŝĞůĚƐŽĨƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ

46 % of PhDs and 51 % of all scientific workers are women.

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Ϭ NATURAL TECHNICAL MEDICAL SOCIAL HUMANITIES SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂĐƚŝǀĞƉŽƉƵůĂƚŝŽŶ

ϮϬϬϬ ϮϬϬϱ ϮϬϭϬ ϮϬϭϭ dŚĞŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨ ϰϯϳϬ͕Ϯ ϰϯϴϬ͕ϭ ϰϱϴϳ͕ϰ ϰϲϮϲ͕ϭ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂĐƚŝǀĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƚŝŽŶ ʹ dŽƚĂů DĂůĞƐ ϮϮϲϯ͕Ϭ ϮϮϲϴ͕ϴ ϮϯϮϵ͕ϳ Ϯϯϱϰ͕ϳ &ĞŵĂůĞƐ ϮϭϬϳ͕Ϯ Ϯϭϭϭ͕ϯ ϮϮϱϳ͕ϳ ϮϮϳϭ͕ϰ dŚĞŶƵŵďĞƌŽĨ ϯϴϱϱ͕ϱ ϰϬϲϮ͕ϯ ϰϯϮϵ͕ϭ ϰϯϳϱ͕Ϯ ĞŵƉůŽLJĞĚ ƉĞƌƐŽŶƐĂŵŽŶŐ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂĐƚŝǀĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƚŝŽŶʹ ƚŽƚĂů DĂůĞƐ ϮϬϭϲ͕ϱ ϮϭϬϰ͕ϳ ϮϮϮϳ͕ϰ ϮϮϱϬ͕Ϭ &ĞŵĂůĞƐ ϭϴϯϵ͕Ϭ ϭϵϱϳ͕ϲ ϮϭϬϭ͕ϳ ϮϭϮϱ͕Ϯ

tŽŵĞŶĂƐĂƉĂƌƚŽĨĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐĂĐƚŝǀĞ ƉŽƉƵůĂƚŝŽŶй Women`s economic activity

Women entrepreneurs 'ĞŶĚĞƌĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŝŽŶŽĨ ĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐ

ĐƚŝǀŝƚŝĞƐ &ĞŵĂůĞйDĂůĞ

ŐƌŝĐƵůƚƵƌĞ͕ĨŽƌĞƐƚƌLJ͕ĨŝƐŚŝŶŐ ϴ͕ϳϳ ϭϬ͕ϲ DŝŶŝŶŐ Ϭ͕Ϭϰ Ϭ͕ϭϰ DĂŶƵĨĂĐƚƵƌŝŶŐ Ϯ͕ϰϮ ϯ͕ϭϮ ůĞĐƚƌŝĐŝƚLJ͕ ŐĂƐĂŶĚƐƚĞĂŵƉƌŽĚƵĐƚŝŽŶ͕ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚƐƵƉƉůLJ Ϭ͕Ϭϭ Ϭ͕ϬϮ ĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ ϭ͕ϭϮ Ϭ͕ϭϳ ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŝŽŶ Ϭ͕ϭϴ ϭ͕ϭϲ dƌĂĚĞ͕ ƌĞƉĂŝƌ͕ŽĨǀĞŚŝĐůĞƐ ϱϬ͕Ϭϭ ϯϵ͕ϲϱ dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚĂŶĚƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ϭ͕ϱϰ Ϯϭ͕ϰϱ dŽƵƌŝƐƚĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƚŝŽŶ ĂŶĚĐĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ϯ͕ϵϮ ϱ͕Ϭ /ŶĨŽƌŵĂƚŝŽŶĂŶĚĐŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ϭ͕ϭϱ ϭ͕Ϭϭ

&ŝŶĂŶĐŝĂů ĂŶĚŝŶƐƵƌĂŶĐĞĂĐƚŝǀŝƚŝĞƐ Ϭ͕ϯϮ Ϭ͕ϮϮ

ZĞĂůĞƐƚĂƚĞƚƌĂŶƐĂĐƚŝŽŶ ϰ͕Ϯϰ ϭ͕ϲϯ ,ĞĂůƚŚĂŶĚƐŽĐŝĂůƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ Ϭ͕ϱϱ Ϭ͕ϰϰ

ĚŵŝŶŝƐƚƌĂƚŝǀĞ ĂŶĚƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐĞƌǀŝĐĞĂĐƚŝǀŝƚŝĞƐ Ϭ͕ϵϲ Ϭ͕ϵ WƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶŽĨƐĞƌǀŝĐĞƐŝŶŽƚŚĞƌĂƌĞĂƐ Ϯϭ͕ϬϮ ϭϭ͕ϱϱ

^ŽĨƚĐƌĞĚŝƚůŝŶĞƐƵƉƚŽϭϬŵŝůůŝŽŶEǁĞƌĞŐŝǀĞŶƚŽ ϰϭϬǁŽŵĞŶĞŶƚƌĞƉƌĞŶĞƵƌƐŝŶƚŚĞůĂƐƚϯLJĞĂƌƐ͘ Let us work together to change this world!

¾Workshops and programs on increasing women`s economic participation and women protection from stereotypical images

¾ Collaboration and implementation joint strategy on women empowerment and combating existing stereotypes