I am Rezida from Azerbaijan International Commissioner of the Scouts of Azerbaijan for the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS).

The SDGs my priority, especially 4th & 5th; I am a founder of the “100 Girls of Azerbaijan” that aims to promote Human Rights, Gender Equality, Girls Empowerment & Opportunities in Azerbaijan through social media and in-person activities. It is almost a year I am doing this social project with 0 budget and reached out more than 200 youngsters in-person aged 8-18 through different trainings, like “SDGs & Gender Equality”, “Critical Thinking and Gender Equality”, “Free Being Me” self-esteem program designed by the Dove&WAGGGS.

Because of its success in a short period the project was awarded as one of the top 5 most successful gender equality projects in Azerbaijan during the “First French-German Gender Prize Azerbaijan” competition. It was nominated as one of the “Local Solutions” and granted by the Global Youth Mobilization(first individual project from Azerbaijan).

Recently I became a member of the EU4YOUTH Alumni Network.

My hobbies are video editing&painting and famous for problem solving, project writing (lots of ideas!) skills among my colleagues.