The first of a series of webinars dedicated on explaining specific articles of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) in Azerbaijan was launched this week.
The aim of these webinars is to contribute to the debate at national level on why Azerbaijan should join the convention and inform further on the Istanbul Convention.
On 18 March, the first webinar held focused on Article 12 of the Istanbul Convention on general state obligations on preventing violence against women.
Civil society, state authorities, students, journalists, social workers, legal professionals, healthcare works, teachers, etc participated in the webinar. The meeting had a very active session of questions and answers, during which participants raised important issues such as how to identify cases of violence against women, what actions are needed at local level, or how to make sure violence against women is considered a public matter.
The next webinars in will focus on the following topics:
- Raising Awareness on Violence Against Women: Article 13 of the Istanbul Convention (June 2021)
- Domestic and Sexual Violence Perpetrator Programmes: Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention (September 2021)
- Emergency Barring Orders in Situations of Domestic Violence: Article 52 of the Istanbul Convention (December 2021)
This activity took place under 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 Governance (2019-2021).
Visit the webpage of the project “Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan” to find out more about their actions
