The appeal says that women, who fought for their human rights in the 19th century and achieved it, have been celebrating March 8 on the international level.
“Unfortunately, in the modern world there are countries that violate the rights of women, the symbol of grace and beauty. We, the Azerbaijani women faced such a danger from Armenia.”
The authors of the appeal underline that 20 percent of Azerbaijani territories were occupied as a result of the unfair war launched by Armenia in 1988, hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijani women are obliged to lead the life of refugees and IDPs.
“As a result of Armenia’s aggressive policy 16 little girls, 408 women (152 of them old women) from Azerbaijan are registered as prisoners of war, hostages and missing persons. Thanks to Azerbaijani government’s efforts, 452 women (112 of them old women) 65 little girls were released from captivity. All the women released from captivity became ill.”
The analysis carried out by official bodies show that 104 Azerbaijani woman captives and prisoners of war were killed in “extermination camps” in Armenia and the occupied Nagorno Karabakh territory. 106 women were atrociously killed when Armenian military units committed genocide in Azerbaijan’s Khojaly town on the night of February 25-26, 1992.