Azerbaijani official: Most gender commissions created in municipalities are formal in nature

There are deficiencies in gender commissions created in municipalities, Farida Hajiyeva, consultant of the Main Department for Work with Municipalities of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Justice, said at a conference on "Strengthening the work of gender commissions established in municipalities.," Report informs.

According to Hajiyeva, gender commissions in some municipalities are formal in nature:

"Gender commissions have already been established in all municipalities. However, many of these commissions are formal in nature. As a local self-government body, the municipality should directly engage with the population. But this is not always the case."

Hajiyeva stated that meetings with at-risk families by municipalities and organizing awareness-raising activities would yield very positive results:

"Through our monitoring, we have witnessed the achievements of gender commissions in this direction. We are ready to support increasing the number of such activities."