Deputy Director of UNICEF Programmes Division: “Azerbaijan has made progress in the sphere of children’s rights” - PHOTO

Deputy Director of UNICEF Programmes Division: “Azerbaijan has made progress in the sphere of children’s rights” - <span style="color: red;">PHOTO
# 02 July 2013 09:02 (UTC +04:00)

Hijran Huseynova noted that UNICEF and Azerbaijan have been cooperating closely for 20 years. According to her, as a result of close cooperation with UNICEF and with the support of President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation Mehriban Aliyeva, changes were made to the Azerbaijani legislation to increase age of marriage for girls to 18 years.

Susana Sottoli stressed the important role of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs in the development of children’s rights and stated that Azerbaijan has made progress in this sphere.

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