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with different faiths and nationalities. Regardless of their
nation or religion, people respect all other cultures, traditions
and moral values. By entering into mixed marriages, these
nations preserve and diversify their family culture.
As a whole-world community, Azerbaijan also celebrates
Family Day on 15 May. A series of events are held over
10 days in different cities and regions of the republic in
order to protect national moral values, educate the younger
generation and advocate a healthy lifestyle.
Since 2009 the Azerbaijan Government has been conduct-
ing a film festival entitled ‘Azerbaijan family’ as a part of
enlightenment measures to help protect family values.
Special attention is paid to films reflecting issues such as
family values, respect for older people, childcare, sociali-
zation and family problems. Large-scale projects are also
realized in interfamily relations, family values, and the pres-
ervation of respect and love to the older generation.
Improvements in society depend on the improvement of
the family. The power of the family institution leads to the
strengthening and improvement of society and state.
Family legislation in the Republic of Azerbaijan focuses on
strengthening the family institution, the formation of family
relations on the basis of mutual love and respect, and sharing
responsibilities among family members. Important reforms
have been made in national legislation by the state under the
government-ratified international convention. As a result of
successful state policy, Azerbaijan has adopted the following:
• Family Code
• National law on ‘Family farm’
• Provision of gender equality
• Combating domestic violence
• Children’s rights law
• Prevention of invalidity and limitation from health,
and rehabilitation and social protection of invalids and
children with limited health conditions
• Social protection of children who have lost their parents
and are deprived of parental care
• Nourishment of early-aged infants and children
• Compulsory dispanserization of children.
Amendments and additions have also been made to the
Family Code and Criminal Code.
The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr.Ilham Aliyev
pays special attention to the family related issues and one of the
main objectives of the state policy is focus on young families.
The Heydar Aliyev Foundation, headed by Mrs. Mehriban
Aliyeva, the first lady of Azerbaijan, is the leading NGO paying
great attention to children and family issues as well.
Today Azerbaijan aims to enable active and powerful
families to provide valuable social and moral development.
Protecting and preserving the model of the Azerbaijan family;
family values; raising the younger generation in a spirit of
family values; promoting the increasing role of the family in
society; and strengthening the social protection of mothers
and children are among the main directions of state policy.
Citizens and their social welfare are at the centre of govern-
ment policy. Proper measures have been taken to ensure the
realization of projects serving this policy. These include the
adoption of state programmes supporting regional economy,
the realization of projects such as hypothec credit aimed at
solving the accommodation problems of families, and other
state programmes and services for the protection and control
of human resources. Social protection of employed and unem-
ployed women, single mothers and one-parent families is
carried out by special state programmes.
Regular measures in the fields of family development
provide protection and state care for families. Today our
society aims to enable the formation of active, strong fami-
lies that can provide valuable social-moral development and
are able to realize their life strategy. Important measures are
taken for the improvement of family welfare in our country.
There are 1 million refugees and internally displaced persons
(IDPs), more than 400,000 women and 250,000 children
faced with serious social-psychological obstacles as a conse-
quence of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Most of these
problems have been solved through special state care to
refugees, IDP families and low-income families.
The opening of new workplaces and improvements to infra-
structure have led to the formation of a cultural-intellectual
2012
1,988,200
1,936,000
1,911,900
1,895,941
1,865,700
1,817,500
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
The growing number of families in Azerbaijan, 2007-2012
Source: State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs