Online conference on two topical issues
It is of great importance that there are reforms and measures to address the current challenges. Such measures would help solve the problems in the industry. At the initiative of the Women's Council of Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent State University of Law has been held an online conference on the topic "Protection of women from abuse, violence and gender equality."
The conference, organized on September 30, 2020 at 14:00 on the ZOOM platform of Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, was moderated by Zuhra Karabaevna Ismailova, Chairwoman of the Women's Advisory Board of TIIAME. Mirzayev BaKhodir Suyunovich, the first vice-rector of our institute opened the event by commenting on the significance and essence of the conference. Then the floor was given to Colonel Abdullaeva Umida Khazratovna, Deputy Head of the Main Department for Crime Prevention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Head of the Department for Women's Affairs. She commented on "increasing the effectiveness of protection of victims of abuse and violence" and "on the procedure for issuing protection orders to women victims of oppression and violence."
Afterwards Dilfuza Abdullayeva, Head of the Department of Private Rights, Specialized Branch of Tashkent State Law University, made a presentation on “Gender Equality and Gender Policy in Uzbekistan”. Accordingly, the topic of the next report has been "Issues of gender equality in the national legislation of Uzbekistan", Umarova Shoira Akbutaevna, Deputy Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, Ph.D. Director of the United Nations International Expertise on Gender Equality, has made a report. The conference ended at this point.
TIIAME press service