POLITICS
CHAIRMAN OF AZERBAIJAN STATE COMMITTEE FOR FAMILY, WOMEN AND CHILDREN`s ISSUES ATTENDS UNECE BEIJING+15 REGIONAL REVIEW MEETING
Baku, November 11 (AZERTAC). Chairman of Azerbaijan State Committee for Family, Women and Children`s Issues Hijran Huseynova attended a UN Economic Commission for Europe`s Beijing +15 Regional Review meeting (UNECE) entitled “New challenges and opportunities for gender equality in the ECE region: key issues and policy responses” in Geneva on November 2-3.
Huseynova made a report on Azerbaijan`s successes in gender equality.
Expressing importance for development of regional cooperation, she offered creation of data bank on woman`s economic activity.
On November 4, Huseynova headed SPECA Working Group on Gender and Economy, which discussed “Mainstreaming Gender into Economic Policies to reach Millennium Development Goals” project.
On the sidelines of the visit, Huseynova has met with Polish Minister of Labor and Social Policy Jolanta Fedak and Swedish Minister for Integration and Gender Equality Nyamko Sabuni.