A training was held for women members of the municipality.
The State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan together with the German Agency for International Cooperation conducted training for women being members of the municipalities in our region. The training was opened by Ataya Osmanova, Deputy Head of the Gabala Region Executive Power. She said that the training is aimed at increasing the capacity of women members of municipalities, as well as their knowledge and skills in implementing public policies to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens and gender equality in relevant areas. The Deputy Head of the Executive Power spoke about the successful policy of ensuring gender equality in the country and its results. Ataya Osmanova emphasized that the work started by the national leader Heydar Aliyev to ensure gender equality and the active participation of women in public life was successfully continued by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Vice President of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva. Women are boldly promoted to senior positions in government and self-government bodies and successfully work in these positions. Ataya Osmanova provided detailed information on issues of ensuring gender equality in the region and the appointment of women to leadership positions. Then, the Head of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Elgun Safarov made a report “State policy on gender equality, comparative statistics, and national legislation”. Then the event was continued in groups on the topics of empowerment of representatives of municipalities, development of leadership skills, mentoring. The event ended with the short film “State Policy on Women”.
