Azerbaijan's Lachin hosts panel session on role of women in sustainable development

A panel session themed "The Role of Women in Sustainable Development" was held as part of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Women's Forum held in Azerbaijan's Lachin.

According to Report, the session was moderated by Aysel Yagubova, interim executive director of the ECO Clean Energy Center.

The panel session was dedicated to the questions "What economic tools are most effective for strengthening green businesses led by women in ECO countries?", "How can digital inclusion and innovation be accelerated through joint cooperation?", etc.

The speakers included Deputy Minister of Labor, Social Protection, and Migration of Kyrgyzstan, Aliza Soltonbekova, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Services of Türkiye, Leman Yenigun, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, Ilhama Gadimova, Director of the Department for ECO and Multilateral Economic Cooperation at Iran’s Foreign Ministry, Behzad Azarsa, Head of the ECO Science Fund, Seyid Komail Tayyibi, and Industrial Development Expert at the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Tatyana Chernyavskaya.