In order to develop and stimulate women entrepreneurship in Azerbaijan’s regions, it is necessary to strengthen measures to support women entrepreneurs in the establishment and management of the business, Deputy Head of the Women and Gender Issues Department of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs Sabina Talyshinskaya told Trend.

Azerbaijan has an improved legal framework for ensuring gender equality, Hijran Huseynova, Chairperson of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs, said while speaking at the international conference entitled “Role of women of the Turkic world in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” held in Baku, Trend reports.

A major conference titled "Azerbaijani woman and society" was held Monday at the Qafqaz University, a private university based in Azerbaijan's capital Baku.