As part of the '16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence' campaign, which takes place annually, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Human Rights Day, a series of awareness-raising events were organized in partnership between the State Committee for Family, Women, and Children Affairs and UN Azerbaijan.
As part of the campaign, information sessions were organized in five regions—Yevlakh, Mingachevir, Sumgayit, Sabirabad, and Baku—with participation of nearly 300 people, including psychologists, students, representatives of government agencies, social workers, lawyers, and members of civil society organizations. The purpose of the sessions was to promote gender equality, raise awareness for addressing domestic violence, provide information on state institutions, hotlines, and resource centers where individuals can seek help in cases of domestic violence, and increase public awareness of the interlinkages between climate change and gender-based violence.
The sessions addressed issues such as domestic violence and related response mechanisms , the forms, causes, and consequences of violence, and the relationship between climate change and domestic violence. Participants were also provided with information on the circumstances that warrant application to the state institutions such as the police, prosecution offices, executive authorities, and district (city) courts.
Awareness activities within the campaign were also carried out via social media platforms. Series of educational posters were prepared and extensively disseminated. The topics included the impact of climate change on women's reproductive health, the increased domestic burden on women due to natural disasters, factors negatively affecting women’s adaptation to climate change, the adverse effects of climate change on women’s economic independence, women’s exclusion from decision-making processes related to climate change, and the impact of gender stereotypes on women’s adaptation to climate change.
