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The first round table meeting was held on January 26, 2023, in Ganja City within the project “Improving access of women and girls with disabilities to public services in Baku, Ganja, and Guba-Khachmaz region” funded by the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women and managed by the "Disabled Women's Society" Public Union to end violence against women. The purpose of the round table is to prepare local action plans that include measures in the field of improving the accessibility and quality of public services to change attitudes towards women and girls with disabilities in public places and to reduce and prevent cases of violence against them with the participation of the state, civil society, and private organizations. Various governmental, non-governmental, and business organizations participated in the round table.
Mahluga Rahimova, the chairwoman of the "Disabled Women's Society" Public Union, opened the round table and provided the participants with extensive information about the project. The participants had a wide discussion about the issues surrounding discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in public places as well as their solutions. A Coordination Council consisting of state institutions was formed, the members of the Council were elected, and the duties of the members were discussed and agreed upon. The goal of the Coordination Council is to identify, coordinate, and implement joint activities within the project to further increase the accessibility and quality of public services for women and girls with disabilities.
It should be noted that the main goal of the project “Improving access of women and girls with disabilities to public services in Baku, Ganja, and Guba-Khachmaz region” is to improve the accessibility and quality of public services for women and girls with disabilities from low-income families, including internally displaced families. Within the framework of the project, at certain stages, the problems faced by women and girls with disabilities will be made public, their social issues will be researched and analyzed, and an educational line will be implemented to eliminate the subjective issues people in this category. One of the main directions of the project is to train employees of social, healthcare, justice, employment, education, and law enforcement organizations in professional ethical communication with women and girls who have different types of disabilities and communication difficulties, as well as the communicative knowledge and skills to serve them. The project covers the cities of Baku, Ganja and the regions of Guba, Gusar and Khachmaz, and will be implemented during the period of September 2022 - August 2025 (36 months).
Press office of the "Disabled Women's Society" Public Union (DWC PU).
“Bakı, Gəncə şəhərləri, Qusar, Quba. Xaçmaz rayon
Mahluga Rahimova, the chairwoman of the "Disabled Women's Society" Public Union, opened the round table and provided the participants with extensive information about the project. The participants had a wide discussion about the issues surrounding discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in public places as well as their solutions. A Coordination Council consisting of state institutions was formed, the members of the Council were elected, and the duties of the members were discussed and agreed upon. The goal of the Coordination Council is to identify, coordinate, and implement joint activities within the project to further increase the accessibility and quality of public services for women and girls with disabilities.
It should be noted that the main goal of the project “Improving access of women and girls with disabilities to public services in Baku, Ganja, and Guba-Khachmaz region” is to improve the accessibility and quality of public services for women and girls with disabilities from low-income families, including internally displaced families. Within the framework of the project, at certain stages, the problems faced by women and girls with disabilities will be made public, their social issues will be researched and analyzed, and an educational line will be implemented to eliminate the subjective issues people in this category. One of the main directions of the project is to train employees of social, healthcare, justice, employment, education, and law enforcement organizations in professional ethical communication with women and girls who have different types of disabilities and communication difficulties, as well as the communicative knowledge and skills to serve them. The project covers the cities of Baku, Ganja and the regions of Guba, Gusar and Khachmaz, and will be implemented during the period of September 2022 - August 2025 (36 months).
Press office of the "Disabled Women's Society" Public Union (DWC PU).
“Bakı, Gəncə şəhərləri, Qusar, Quba. Xaçmaz rayon
