Upon the initiative of the Sabunchu District Executive Power, with the support of Baku City Education Department, Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson) of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the State Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Issues, an awareness raising event was organized bythe secondary schools No. 295, 130 and 142 within the framework of the project “Don’t be silent, make your voice heard!” in Nardaran Cultural Center.

The event started with the exhibition of paintings and wall newspapers prepared by the schoolchildren on the topic, then children performed videos and sceneson domestic violence, child marriage, truancy, marriage between relatives and their consequences and sang poems and songs.

Speaking at the event, the head of the Legal Awareness Unit of the Ombudsperson’s Office, Mugalib Mahmudov, gave information about the work carried out by Ombudsperson Sabina Aliyeva forensuring the rights of women, children, people with disabilities, as well as other vulnerable groups of the population, combating violence, ensuring gender equality, and “916” calls center, that provides 24-hour service regarding various legal violations.

In the end, schoolchildren and principals who actively participated in the project “Don’t be silent, make your voice heard!” were awarded with diplomas and gifts.