Overview
UNICEF has been working in Azerbaijan since 1993. Our current programme runs from 2005-2009 with a total budget of US$ 9, 725,000 million (US$ 5,025,000 million to come from UNICEF core funds and with US$ 4,700,000 million to come from donors). Our goal is: all rights for all children, with no child left out. We work with Government, with national/local organisations, with media and with children and young people to:
Azerbaijan has experienced a prolonged and difficult political, social and economic transition. The country has the opportunities and problems of an economy dependent on a single sector-energy. The benefits of rapid economic growth, driven primarily by direct foreign investment in the oil sector have not, however, been felt by the majority of the population – almost the half of which lives in poverty with the social indicators deteriorating.
The long-standing conflict with Armenia remains unresolved. Consequently, displacement from the conflict in 1991 continues to cause human suffering. There are nearly 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees from Armenia and other countries, over one half of which are women. Displacement confers a high degree of vulnerability, with levels of poverty that are 20 per cent percent higher than the national average.
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