The Azerbaijan Gender Information Center (AGIC) is the first information and research center of the women's movement in the South Caucasus. The center was opened in 2002 with the support of the Open Society Institute-Azerbaijan.
Some of the main objectives of the center are the following:
to create a national gender portal;
to develop the national strategy in the field of gender and information technologies;
to promote women’s NGOs and women's initiative groups;
to monitor coverage of women’s issues in the local press; and
to provide trainings in information technology through the national women portal.
For more information about the Azerbaijan Gender Information Center, please see its website here.
Yuliya Gureyeva of the Gender Information Center will be the National VAW Monitor for Azerbaijan. She will be maintaining the Azerbaijan STOPVAW country page.
Yuliya Gureyeva has Master's Degree in Gender Studies from Central European University, Budapest.
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