International Women’s Day

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A demonstration in Baku on International Women's Day. Photo: Meydan TV.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani police allow women’s march to go ahead

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Azerbaijani police did not prevent a march by women’s rights activists in Baku, breaking from their actions in recent years. On 8 March, International Women’s Day, the Azerbaijani Feminist Movement organised a demonstration in Fountain Square, in the center of Baku. Several dozen people gathered at Fountain Square said that complaints of violence against women in Azerbaijan were not properly investigated by law enforcement agencies, and that the police advised victims of domestic abuse to re

Azerbaijan

Opinion | In Azerbaijan sex is a weapon

by Narmin Shahmarzade

•5 min read

Narmin Shahmarzadeh was targeted by hackers who stole personal information and intimate materials, which they then published online. Now, exclusively for OC Media, she writes why she thinks the Azerbaijani authorities are behind the hack, and why sexual blackmail is becoming a more common tactic in Azerbaijan. My Facebook profile was hacked on 9 March, one day after I participated in the International Women’s Day protest in Baku. Intimate conversations, photos, and voice recordings belonging

Narmin Shahmarzadeh at the International Women's Day march in Baku.

Azerbaijan

Hackers target prominent Azerbaijani feminist with pornography

by Hamida Giyasbayli

•2 min read

The Facebook account of Azerbaijani women’s rights activist Narmin Shahmarzadeh was hacked a day after the International Women’s Day march in Baku, after which the account began publishing fabricated personal conversations and pornographic content. Shahmarzadeh told OC Media that there were several attempts to hack her account several days before the march. ‘I think they might have tried to delete the event as I was one of the organisers’, she said. She added that when she tried to reque

Azerbaijan

Video | Azerbaijani women detained on International Women’s Day

by Ulviyya Ali

•0 min read

On 8 March 2021, police in Baku broke up a demonstration to mark International Women’s Day, detaining at least 25 people. Read more on the march: Baku Police detain women on International Women’s Day.

A woman is detained at a demonstration in Baku on International Women’s Day 2021. Photo: Ulviyya Ali/OC Media.

Azerbaijan

Baku Police detain women on International Women’s Day

by Hamida Giyasbayli

•3 min read

Police in Baku dispersed a demonstration by women’s rights activists in Baku to mark International Women’s Day as soon as it got underway. At least 25 people were detained, some being dragged away by police. They were taken to police stations throughout the city and soon after released, after their personal details were recorded. This was the third year that women’s rights activists in Azerbaijan have organised a demonstration on 8 March. Events in previous years were also violently disperse

Police in Baku detaining women. Photo: Ulviyya Ali/OC Media.

Azerbaijan

Live updates: Women detained in Baku as Caucasus markes International Women’s Day

by OC Media

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Women across the Caucasus are marking International Women’s Day today, 8 March 2021. Demonstrations are planned in Georgia and Azerbaijan against violence against women, while in other regions no protest actions have been announced.