On March 7, 2017, a celebration of International Women’s Day took place in the “Marble Hall” of Khazar University.

Professor Hamlet Isaxanli, the founder of Khazar University and Chairman of its Board of Directors and Trustees, made a speech in which he highly evaluated female staff members’ service; he then read some of his poems.

Other speeches were made by President Hassan Niknafs; Vice Presidents Mahammad Nuriyev and Isakhan Isakhanli; Mail Yagubov, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology; Vurgun Eyyub, Head of the Department of Azerbaijani Language and Literature; and instructor Dilbar Zeynalova. Congratulatory speeches also included poems (Vurgun Eyyub and Dilbar Zeynalova) and songs (Mail Yaqub).

Mahsati Jaffarova, soloist for the State Philharmonic, performed musical numbers accompanied by Associate Professor Zulfiyya Sadigova, Head of the Department of Music and Fine Arts.

The announcer of the event was Baba Bayramli, Director of the Center for Alumni Relations.