DATA-BASE OF GENDER FOCAL POINTS IN AZERBAIJAN LAST UPDATE OCTOBER 2007 CONTENT CONTENT 2 1. NATIONAL PARLIAMENT (MILLI MEJLIS) 3 2. MINISTRIES 6 3. STATE COMMITTEES 12 4. OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS 15 5. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 30 6. POLITICAL PARTIES 34 7. WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS 36 8. OTHER PROFILE ORGANIZATIONS 58 9. RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS 81 10. COALITIONS/FORUMS 84 11. INTERNATIONAL/FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS 86 12. MASS MEDIA / JOURNALISTS 97 13. INDEPENDENT EXPERTS 109 14. INDEX 118 2 1. National Parliament (Milli Mejlis) 1.1. Name: Ganira Pashayeva, MP, member of the Standing Committee of Milli Mejlis on Foreign Relations and Inter-Parliamentary Links Address: Baku, AZ1152, Parliament ave.1 Tel: (+99412) 437 29 30, (+99455) 260 27 27 Fax: (+99412) 437 29 31 Email:
[email protected] Areas: Non-discriminatory legal and policy frameworks, violence against women, early marriages, women’s equal participation in political and public life, women’s equal participation in conflict transformation, equal opportunity for women in the economic sphere, national mechanisms building for the advancement of women, fight against trafficking in human beings, reproductive health, educational segregation, rights of women released from prison 1.2. Name: Gular Ahmedova, MP, member of the Standing Committee of Milli Mejlis on Foreign Relations and Inter-Parliamentary Links, Azerbaijan coordinator of PACE Campaign on Struggle against Violence Against Women Address: Baku, AZ1152, Parliament ave.1 Tel: (+99412) 510 36 89 Fax: (+99412) 493 54 01 E-mail:
[email protected] Areas: Non-discriminatory legal and policy frameworks, violence against women, early marriages, women’s equal participation in political and public life, women’s equal participation in conflict transformation, equal opportunity for women in the economic sphere, national mechanisms building for the advancement of women, fight against trafficking in human beings, reproductive health 3 1.3.