Representation, Reform and Resistance: Broadening Our Understanding of Women in Politics in Azerbaijan

Author(s): Sinéad Walsh
Editor(s): Karolina Ó Beacháin Stefanczak (special editor), Denis Dafflon, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Natia Mestvirishvili, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 71
Pages: 6-9
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2015

Azerbaijan is the leading country in the South Caucasus in terms of women's representation in parliament. However, it has the lowest number of women in government, with just one woman holding a rank equivalent to cabinet minister. Despite efforts to increase women's participation at the municipal and national levels, political parties and decision-making structures remain dominated by men. Women's substantive political engagement occurs mainly through the State Committee on Family, Women and Children's Affairs and civil society activism.

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