National Report >> Azerbaijan, Review Documentation, 4

The project to combat violence against women in the twenty-first century sponsored by the State Committee on the Family, Women and Children, the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is aimed at creating fresh opportunities for women to enjoy their rights, preventing violence and early marriage and reducing their effect on children, and protecting women and children from domestic violence. Provision has been made to carry out the following activities within the framework of the project: studying international experience, including the involvement of international experts; launching outreach campaigns and regional workshops and publishing relevant material on human rights and gender equality; raising awareness about human trafficking and early marriage in schools; preparing radio and television documentaries; developing strategies to provide services for victims of gender-based violence; and improving the mechanism for cooperation between gender focal points in State organizations. [Para 51]