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.

Find out more in our publication in Azerbaijani.

This translation was done under the joint action ‘Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan’ currently implemented within the Programme for Good Governance II (PGGII), a European Union and Council of Europe joint programme in the Eastern Partnership countries. Among other objectives, the joint action seeks to support the Azerbaijani authorities to sign the Istanbul Convention.

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

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