In Geneva, representatives from the UN Women's Office and the Agency for State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations met.
Aygun Aliyeva, the Agency's executive director, spoke about the involvement of women in Azerbaijani society and shared information about the grant competitions the organization had just launched. She said that the Agency regularly provides financial assistance in awareness-raising on the protection of women's rights, providing socio-psychological support to women and children suffering from war, prevention of early marriages, protection of gender equality, initiatives in the direction of combating violence, girls' truancy and other related topics.
Later, Aygun Aliyeva discussed the potential for working with UN Women to further the protection of gender equality, which is the fifth goal of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In welcoming the guests, Adriana Giraldo, Deputy Chairperson of the UN Women's Organization, endorsed the Agency's actions and stressed the significance of strengthening collaboration between the institutions of the organization and the civil society organizations active in Azerbaijan in these areas.