The Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention, is the most comprehensive international legal standard to end violence against women and domestic violence. It starts from the point that violence against women must not be tolerated and seeks to guarantee the human dignity and the human rights of women.
A new publication has been made available in Azerbaijani on how to raise awareness on violence against women for members states who join the Istanbul Convention (Article 13). Several elements must be included in order to develop successful awareness-raising efforts on violence against women, such as involving experts in the topic (including women’s organisations), dedicate enough resources for them and take into account the specific context in which they are delivered.
The translation of this document was prepared in the framework of the project "Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan", funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in their Partnership for Good Governance II.
