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As of March 2013, women made up 50.3% of the total population of Azerbaijan - 4,716,000.
According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, 174.500 children were born in 2012, of which 46.4% were girls.
According to the same source, there are 24 hospitals, 176 women's clinics and 281 children's clinic.
In Azerbaijan, women make up 48.4% of the total working population. In secondary schools 76.3% of teachers are women, and in secondary education establishments - 77.4%, in high school - 49.0%. 63.9% of physicians are women; 53.6% of all scientists are women, and women defended 25.2% of dissertations in the past five years.
In the National Academy of Sciences, there are 11 corresponding members, and three women academicians.
Among those working in the civil service, 28% are women, and among entrepreneurs - 17%.
The number of female members of parliament is now 16%.
The number of female members of the municipalities is 4194 or 26.1%. -03D-
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Variable cloudiness is expected in Baku and Apsheron peninsula on Sunday, 28 July.
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As part of the struggle against illegal migration in Baku city, operative actions were carried out at different addresses. The Interior Ministry reports that employees of the Department for Combating Illegal Migration identified and detained 34 foreigners without documents giving the right to reside and stay on the territory of Azerbaijan.
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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.
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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.
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