21/05/2010 Equality and Non-Discrimination
Strasbourg, 21.05.2010 – Alongside the 7th Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Equality between Women and Men (Baku, 24-25 May), a delegation of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) headed by its Chairman, José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD) will hold bilateral exchanges of views on women’s place in political life and prevention of violence against women.
On Monday 24 May in the Parliament of Azerbaijan, the delegation will meet Ziyafa Asgarov, First Vice-President, Rabiyyat Aslanova, Chair of the Human Rights Committee and Ali Huseynov, Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee. Meetings with representatives of civil society and of the international community and a visit to a shelter for women victims of violence are also on the programme.
At the conclusion of these encounters, José Mendes Bota will hold a press stand-up on Wednesday 26 May at 11.30 am at the Council of Europe Office (39-41 Boyuk Gala Street, Icheri Sheher, Baku AZ 1004, Tel: +994 12 497 23 34)..