As a woman, your rights are protected in a number of international agreements and documents. For more details of these, click here

Practical support

Your body, your health :

If you need information or advice about sexual and reproductive health, including support on sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS, there are a number of groups and organizations in Azerbaijan which can help:

Republican “Family Planning” Center
AZ 1000, 12/14, Pushkin Street
Tel: (994 12) 493 96 86; 498 62 58

Republican “Family Health” Center
AZ 1102, 96, Zardabi Street
Tel: (994 12) 431 12 77; 431 58 68
Fax: (994 12) 498 73 96

“Saglam Aile”
AZ 1065, 24, Jafar Jabbarli Street
Tel: (994 12) 499 11 55; 499 11 66
Fax: (994 12) 499 11 66

The following is a list of UNFPA-Ministry of Health centers for Reproductive Health and Family Planning across the country:

Nakhichevan Autonomour Republic
3, A. Aliyev street
Tel: (994 136) 5 56 92 or 5 56 93

Mingechevir Central City Hospital (CCH)
130, M.E. Rasulzadeh street
Contact Mahira Tahirova, Hajikhalil Ansarov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 147) 4 46 16 or 4 78 01

Gandja - RH/FP Center “Family and Marriage”
316, Zardabi street
Contact : Raya Mammadova, Hasrat Hussein (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 320 27 42

Gandja - RH/FP Center
Contact : Rena Bagirova
Tel: (994 50) 371 51 90 or (994 22) 57 43 88

Agdam CCH
Khindiristan village
Contact person: Rizvan Gasimov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 192) 5 02 33; or (994 50) 324 46 75

Agdash CCH
166, Azadlig street
Contact : Safa Yusifova; Nuru Nuriyev (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 193) 5 33 32 or 5 02 33 or (994 50) 371 13 21

Barda CCH
18, S. Vurgun street
Contact : Etibar Mirrored (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 110) 5 30 90 or (994 50) 325 49 69

Bilasuvar CCH
Contact : Yunus Sadigov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 343 26 26 or (994 159) 3 35 65

Gazakh CCH
Contact : Akhned Gurbanov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 365 24 52 or (994 279) 5 33 02 or 5 24 27

Gabala CCH
12, A Sahhat street
Contact : Sabir Bayramov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 321 82 21 or (994 160) 3 58 88 or 3 59 63

Gusar CCH
146, T. Ismayilov street
Contact : Vahid Mekhtikhanov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 317 12 36 or (994 138) 5 28 74

Imishli CCH
Contact Aziza Mammadova; Tahir Mikailov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 351 71 49; 334 84 74; (994 154) 5 24 84

Ismayilli CCH
65, M.F. Akhundov street
Contact : Aliramzi Magerramov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 324 45 13 or (994 178) 5 53 13

Yevlakh CCH
Contact : Ilham Mammadov (Chief Doctor)
104, S. Mustafayev street
Tel: (994 50) 203 03 71 or (994 166) 6 03 50

Djalilabad CCH
Contact : Sadadkhan Aliyev ( Chief Doctor)
27, Gurtulush street
Tel: (994 50) 675 61 55 or (994 114) 3 48 62 or 3 17 50

Lankaran CCH
67, Nizami street
Contact : Nuraddin Gurbanov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 613 21 25 or 220 05 32 or (994 171) 4 14 31 or 4 79 32

Masalli CCH
120, Fizuli street
Contact : Djalil Nazarov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 201 90 61 or (994 151) 5 32 63 or 5 24 99

Saatli CCH
Contact : Alekper Akperov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 302 21 22 or 325 39 21 or (994 168) 5 32 08

Sabirabad CCH
Contact : Rail Musayev (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 359 54 15 or (994 143) 5 30 14 or 5 23 00

Salyan CCH
Kurgardashlari village
Contact : Ibrahim Djafarov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 316 00 06 or (994 163) 5 49 37 or 5 06 21

Ter-Ter CCH
17, Mursalov street
Contact : Mahabbat Pashayeva (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 327 74 63 or (994 246) 5 11 53

Khachmaz CCH
Contact : Kamala Tagiyeva, Bakhram Shakhverdiyev (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 313 54 83 or (994 172) 3 53 62 or 3 15 56

Khizi CCH
Contact : Bahdash Nabiyev (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 362 46 61 or (994 199) 5 00 34

Shamakhi CCH
61, Gadirli street
Contact : Bakhtiyar Abbasov (Chief Doctor)
Tel: (994 50) 322 25 13 or (994 176) 9 10 41

Shaki CCH
1, 20 January street
Contact : Sadagat Shakhbazova – Chief Doctor, Chief Gynecologist
Tel: (994 50) 352 99 94 or (994 177) 4 27 30 or 4 38 73

UNFPA is involved in a wide variety of programmes and projects to improve reproductive health and rights in Azerbaijan. For more information on what we’re doing, click here

Your status, your rights and opportunities

In post-Soviet Azerbaijan, women are more likely to be unemployed, paid less than men and discriminated against in the workplace. Many of the only jobs available to women are undesirable low-waged or temporary jobs under difficult or dangerous working conditions. Women also appear to have benefited less from privatization of state assets after independence with only seven per cent of the total number of small enterprises registered to women owners.

Because much of the male workforce migrates seasonally to the capital, Baku, or abroad, more and more households are headed by women. Yet the increase of responsibilities has not led to an increase in status.

If you need information or support on issues connected with your status, your well-being and your rights, there are a number of organizations in Azerbaijan which can help:

For details of these different organizations, and how they can provide you with support, contact:

Azerbaijan Gender Information Center
Contact: Yelena Gasimova or Olga Valiyeva
Tel: (99412) 438 99 72; 4035441
E-mail: agic@azeronline.com; info@gender-az.org
Website www.gender-az.org

For more details of UNFPA work on gender equality in Azerbaijan, click here

For advice and support on violence against women, there are many organizations which can help:

Humanitarian Informational Analytical Agency “Sonya”
Contact: Elchin Sardarov
Tel (994 50) 318 38 25;
E-mail: esardarov@mail.az

Family and Society Crisis Center Association
Contact Faiza Aliyeva
Tel: (99412) 493 83 73 498 62 58
E-mail: faliyevarep@azeronline.com

Azerbaijan Women and Development Center
Contact : Parvim Mammadova
Tel: (99412) 492 79 20; 492 99 020

Azerbaijan Feminist Group
Contact : Rena Tahirova
Tel: (99412) 492 80 71
E-mail: tamilla@azeurotel.com

Women Problems Center
Contact - Sevil Zeynalova
Tel: (99412) 439 02 90
E-mail: s.zeynalova@hotmail.com

Azerbaijan Women Baku Association
Contact : Zarifa Salahova
Tel: (99412) 493 19 02, 494 80 33; 498 32 96
e-mail: zarifasalaxova@hotmail.ru

Symmetry Azerbaijan Gender Association
Contact: Kamilla Dadashova
Tel: (99412) 493 40 56
e-mail: kdsgender@yahoo.com; gidunit@un.azeri.com

Azerbaijan Jewish Women’s Humanitarian Society.
Contact: Larisa Reyhrudel
Tel: (99412) 440 36 27; 495 25 44
e-mail: jwoar@azeurotel.com

Azerbaijan State Group on International Human Rights
Contact: Saadat Bananyarli
Tel: (99412) 432 18 93; 439 38 61
e-mail: saadatbayan@hotmail.ru

Society on Women’s Rights Protection named after Dilara Aliyeva
Contact: Novella Jafarova
Tel: (99412) 497 21 08
e-mail: n_jafarova@azeri.com

Disabled Women’s Society
Contact: Mahluga Ragimova
Tel: (99412) 434 99 88; 469 38 49
e-mail: office@oxfam1.baku.az

Women’s Consultation Center
Contact: Farida Asgarova
Tel: (99412) 439 04 80
e-mail: wcpc_baku@hotmail.com
askerova@iatp.baku.az

Women Problem Research Center
Contact: Sajida Abdulvahabova
Tel: (99412) 439 66 88; 497 78 42
e-mail: women.institute@azeurotel.com
assembly-baku@azeurotel.com

Gender Research Center
Contact: Lidiya Rasulova
Tel: (99412) 4 92 14 75
e-mail: gencent.wuaz@azeurotel.com

International Center on Social Research
Contact: Abbasova Gizilgul
Tel: (99412) 440 02 38
E-mail: llemb@icsr.inbaku.com

Tamiz Dunya NGO
Contact: Mehriban Zeynalova
Tel: (99412) 497 10 58
E-mail: meri@azerinet.com

Takamul Association
Contact: Narmina Huseynova
Tel: (99412) 4 32 91 14
E-mail: narminaguseinova@mail.ru

Yuva Humaniatarian Center
Contact: Rena Tahirova
Tel: (99412) 438 70 17; 438 42 58
E-mail: tamilla@azeurotel.com

Your society, your future -- your involvement

If you would like to get involved with efforts to support and improve the status and situation of women in Azerbaijan, there are a number of ways you can help:

For more information, contact the individual organizations listed above, or
Azerbaijan Gender Information Center
Contact: Yelena Gasimova or Olga Valiyeva
Tel: (99412) 438 99 72; 4035441
E-mail: agic@azeronline.com; info@gender-az.org
Website www.gender-az.org

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