The Emergence of Gender Studies in Azerbaijan

Abstract

Since the 1990s in Azerbaijan, as well as in many other post-Soviet republics, there has been a real boom of gender research and study of women's problems, prepared by the efforts of international organizations, first of all, the UN, which allocated significant financial and technical resources for these purposes. In a short period of time, numerous nongovernmental organizations and few research centers were established, dealing with practical and theoretical problems of gender and women's status. Today, when, for various reasons, there is a certain decline in interest in this field of research, it is possible to summarize some results of the development of gender studies in Azerbaijan