The Fake Chains Holding Females Back from Education in Azerbaijan

Abstract

Female education is a controversial topic. Even though government authorities take actions to prevent gender-related issues in education, gender issues arise because of patriarchal communities’ beliefs of women’s roles in society. Women in Azerbaijan usually have no choice in choosing their life path due to society’s traditional sexism. This usually shows itself in the education field, where we can observe the humiliation of female education rights because it is the first and one of the foremost phases for women to overcome the fake barriers created by society’s unfair beliefs. The research study was designed and coordinated by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Azerbaijan, State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan for Family, Women and Children’s Affairs International organization “Promundo,” International Center for Social Research (ICSR) in collaboration with the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Azerbaijan State Committee. The data used in this research was examined in terms of female education rights violations. The authors pointed out three main aspects that create the pretext for education rights violation: traditional sexism, religious issues, and gender-related imbalance in career choices. The outcome of the research shed light on the violation of females’ education rights in patriarchal communities by depicting the situation in Azerbaijan society.