page_title: Gender equality in Azerbaijan
section_title: State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues
hierarchical_section_title: Gender equality in Azerbaijan / State Committee for Family, Women and Children’s Issues
caption_attribution_description: Azərbaycanca: Azərbaycan Respublikası Ailə, Qadın və Uşaq Problemləri üzrə Dövlət Komitəsinin loqosu
context_page_description: Gender equality in Azerbaijan is guaranteed by the country's constitution and legislation, and an initiative is in place to prevent domestic violence. Azerbaijan ratified a United Nations convention in 1995, and a Gender Information Center opened in 2002. A committee on women's issues was established in 1998.
  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that women and men should have equal human rights. However, women are still in need of additional protection to help them attain gender equality. In simple terms, gender equality means reinforcing the protection and promotion of women's human rights.
context_section_description: The State Committee on Women's Affairs]] was established by presidential decree on 14 January 1998, and was replaced with the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs by another decree on 6 February 2006. The committee charter was approved by presidential decree on 9 August of that year.
  The committee, a ministerial-level body in Baku (the Azerbaijani capital), is financed by the government budget and is responsible for implementing state policy on family, women and children's affairs. It may propose legislation and sign agreements with the relevant bodies of foreign countries and international organizations, in accordance with the Constitution of Azerbaijan, international agreements to which Azerbaijan is a party, and relevant laws.
caption: Committee logo
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