Baku / 19.10.18 / Turan: An unwritten tradition that it is better to have a son, than a daughter led to a gender imbalance in Azerbaijan. This opinion was expressed during the presentation of the draft National Action Plan to curb gender-based sex selection on Friday.
Modern technologies allow parents to know in advance the sex of the fetus, stimulating to terminate the pregnancy in case the future child is a girl. This trend has already led to unfavorable results and may even worsen. Participants of the event expressed the hope that the implementation of the National Action Plan will help to change a similar situation in Azerbaijan. However, the details of this plan are still unknown to the general public. -02D-
Social
-
On July 25, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense accused Armenia of "provoking" by deploying heavy weapons in Kalbajar and quadcopters in the Tovuz direction. The ministry also expressed dissatisfaction and concern over Armenia's military cooperation with Western countries.
-
During the operation of the Main Drug Control Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 5 members of an organized group engaged in drug trafficking were detained. All of them have previous convictions: Bahlul Ismayilov, Royal Aliyev, Khayal Aliyev, Samir Aghayev, and Ali Mammadli.
-
Weather will be changeable in Baku on July 27. It will rain in places on Absheron. Wind is north-western, gusty. Air temperature during the day will be +28+32. Daytime humidity is 70-75%.
-
People's Artist Agadadash Agayev has been charged with hooliganism with the use of weapons, Article 221.3 of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. A similar charge was brought against the guard of the clinic where the incident occurred.
Leave a review