“Reinforcing gender equality and other ethical standards in Azerbaijani media” project

The Council of Europe project “Reinforcing gender equality and other ethical standards in Azerbaijani media” aims topromote gender equality and other ethical standards in and through media in Azerbaijan.

The Project aims at:

·         Reviewingthe legal framework on media from a gender equality perspective and providingrecommendations to bring these in line with the European standards

·         Survey data collection on gender in Azerbaijani media including detailed statistics on women’s employment in the media sector and research on women in Azerbaijani media

·         Strengtheningcapacity of Azerbaijan Press Council on gender equality and other ethical issues in media and promotingthe CoE standards on gender equality and media freedom among journalists and media professionals in Baku and regions

·         Improvingthe quality of journalism education by developing textbooks on “Journalism ethics” and “Gender equality and media freedom”

·         Raisingawareness of legal professionals (judges, lawyers, advocates, prosecutors as well as law students) and training them on the CoE standards on gender equality, media freedom and freedom of expression

The Project, which started on 1 October 2019 and will be completed on 31 March 2021, has an overall budget of EUR 260,000 Action Plan level funding.