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Baku Conference on gender equality in Islam held in

04 July 2007 15:56 (UTC +04:00)

Coincidence between international conventions on human rights and Islamâ€, APA reports.
Chairman of the State Committee on Family, Women and Childrenâ€™s issues Hijran Huseynova said that the main aim of the campaign is to prevent gender-based violence and early marriages, informing women about international documents on human rights and national legislation and achieve womenâ€™s equal participation in social and political life of the country.
Ms.Huseynova particularly underlined that men and women have equal rights in Islam.
â€œThe state concerning divorce in Azerbaijan is satisfactory. 71,643 married in 2005 and 8,895 divorced. 79,443 married and 7,817 divorces in 2006,â€ she said.
Chief of State Committee for Religious Affairs Hidayat Orujov noted that men and women were not equal before Islam.
â€œIt is Islam that brought equality to these relations,â€ he said.
Ombudsman Elmira Suleymanova, deputies of Education, Youth and Sport Ministers expressed their positions on the issue. /APA/