GCAP Azerbaijan
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Quick Background
GCAP Azerbaijan has completed a one-page briefincluding background information.
National Coalition: Say No to Poverty
If you are interested in getting involved, please contact with Ms. Sanubar Nazarova, National Coordinator of the Azeri National Coalition within the GCAP Campaign through the following email address: snazarova[at]gcap.az / sanubarnazarova[at]yahoo.co.uk
Background
Azerbaijan, one of three former Soviet republics that make up the Caucasus region, has an area of around 86,000 km2 and a population of 7,911,974 (July 2005). The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan is separated from the rest of Azerbaijan by a strip of land and provides a narrow border with Turkey. Within Azerbaijan lies the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an enclave of approximately 150,000 Armenians, which is the cause of a long-standing conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Border countries: Armenia 787 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran 611 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km.
Baku, the capital city, is located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, and has a population of more than 2 million. The labor force of the republic is about 2.8 million and is broken down as follows, 32 % agriculture and forestry; 26 % industrial and construction; and 42 % other.
Ethnic Azerbaijanis make up 83 % of the population, with 6 % Armenian, 6 % Russian and 4 % from other ethnic groupings. Azerbaijanis are a Turkic people and have close links with Turkey and Iran. Three-quarters of the ethnic Azerbaijanis are Shiite Muslims and the remainders are Sunni.
Azerbaijan became independent in 1991 but the country's development has been hampered by many factors, one of which is the conflict with its neighbor Armenia. The reason for conflict, the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, has yet to be resolved and up to 20 % of the territory has been seized by the Armenians, displacing almost one million Azeris.
GCAP Azerbaijan Content
- EVENTS FOR STAND UP 2009 in Azerbaijan
- The Azeri GCAP coalition is planning a series of events to commemorate the World Day of Poverty Eradication.
- GCAP Azerbaijan - Learning brief 2008
- GCAP Azerbaijan - Events in 2007
- Azeri children wear white bands
- On 1st June, 2005, people in Azerbaijan and around the world celebrated the International Day of Children's Rights Protection.
- Azeri people take action on White Band Day
- In the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, more than 500 people took part in a public rally on 2 July, to call for an end to global poverty.
- “Let’s say no to poverty” in Azerbaijan
- Nearly 2000 people attended a festival in Barda, central Azerbaijan, to mark the launch of a national campaign in the country to end poverty.
