Baku/Strasbourg, 17 May – An event aimed at raising awareness on Council of Europe standards on violence against women and domestic violence and the role of national parliaments in the process will take place in Baku on 19 May, under the European Union and Council of Europe’s joint project “Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan”.

Under the project, in co-operation with the State Committee on Family, Women and Children Affairs, a session with participation of the Members of the Parliament represented in the Milli Mejlis will be organised. The event will focus on the role that national parliaments can play in promoting such standards in the national context based on the experience of Council of Europe member states.

The event will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Baku, 1B Azadlig Avenue, on Thursday 19 May 2022 at 11am (Baku time). The opening session of the event will be open to media upon prior accreditation. Please, kindly note that there will be no opportunity for questions or interviews. For accreditation, please contact the project’s assistant Ms Nargiz Rasulova at [email protected].

This event is organised under the joint project “Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan” currently implemented within the second phase of the Partnership for Good Governance (PGGII), a European Union and Council of Europe joint programme in the Eastern Partnership countries.

For further information on the project, please visit the project’s website.

Further information on PGGII is available on the PGGII’s website.