TED Community » Kanan Karimzada
About Me
- Location:
- Azerbaijan, Baku
- Current organization:
- United Nations
- Past organizations:
- Fordham University, TEDxBaki
- Current role:
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Development Managemen
- Gender:
- Male
- Areas of expertise:
- Economics
- Languages:
- Azeri, English, Russian, Turkish
- My website links:
- Center for Economic and Social Development
- Universities:
- Fordham University, Azerbaijan State Economic University
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A comment on Talk: Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice
Well, sometimes education is not enough to break all barriers and promote gender equality. In our case, south region of my country, Azerbaijan is quite much influenced by religious and cultural views that come from Iran. Even though people have ample finance and opportunity to ensure education for their children, in some cases girls aren't allowed to go to school and universities when they pass a certain age. It is heartbreaking to hear such sad stories when young girls are forced into servile marriages at a very early age.