Khazar University Gender Studies Center (GSC) was established in 1991 as a nonprofit organization to improve women's rights at the University as well as on the national and international levels. The GSC members come from urban and rural areas; they are women of different professions and various national, religious, political and cultural backgrounds. Currently the Center is becoming more and more involved in research and education activities. The GSC's main goals are:

• To design and teach undergraduate and graduate courses on gender issues;

• To participate in research projects on women and gender issues;

• To promote the development of human rights and women rights;

• To facilitate participation of women from urban and rural organizations in debates on women's life.
  

The KU GSC is a member of the Sisterhood Is Global Institute and Network.
The Center holds workshops and various meetings with local and foreign scholars and activists on Women's Rights Education to share resources and undertake joint projects to achieve common goals. Special teaching programs for women are developed according to the manual "Claiming Our Rights'', translated into Azeri and published by Khazar University Press. It covers a broad range of topics, including "The Urgent Action Alert System" and refers to Women's Human Rights Education particularly in Muslim societies. Members of the Center work on developing teaching methods of present human rights principles to the local audience in an appropriate cultural context.

• Women at the Transition Period: Rights of Passage

• Situational Analysis on Women in Azerbaijan

• Health Program for Displaced and Refugee Women in Refugee Camps

• Education and Career Development of Women

• Azerbaijani Women: a Look throughout History

• Women, Gender and Family in Islam

• Women in Literature

• Women in Folklore
  

The Center establishes close relationships with orphanages, refugee and internally displaced women, the wives of victims of war, and promotes charity activities.