On December 16, 2015, the State Committee for Family, Women, and Children Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) jointly organized an international conference on "Empowering Efforts to Prevent Early Marriages."
Key Discussions:
The conference focused on:
- Preventing and investigating the causes of early marriages
- Strengthening protection mechanisms
- Coordinating actions for victim protection, rehabilitation, reintegration, and support services for survivors of violence
Speaker Highlight:
During the conference, Nigar Rustamli, Head of Public Relations at "Saglam Ailə" Medical Center, addressed cases where young girls were forced to drop out of school and enter early marriages against their will
