The president of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Hijran Huseynova, reiterated today in Baku the interest of his institution to increase exchanges with Cuban women.
In a meeting between the owner and the island's ambassador in this Caucasian nation, Alfredo Nieves Portuondo, it was valued to increase the relations between the women's organizations of both nations.
Huseynova expressed his interest in carrying out fraternal and cooperative exchanges in multiple economic and commercial spheres of both countries.
The Azeri leader also called for collaboration in international organizations to promote gender equality.
She expressed that her Committee works tirelessly to solve the problems of women in different aspects of life, strengthen the foundations of a healthy family and guarantee a happy childhood.
For his part, the Cuban diplomat stressed that Cuban women occupy, at this moment, a large space in the economic, political and social life of the country and its emancipation has been one of the main achievements of the Revolution.
Nieves Portuondo reported that the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) within the framework of International Women's Day is holding its X Congress in Havana, maintaining, among its main objectives, achieving the full exercise of equality for women in all areas and levels of the society.