On the 7^th-8^th of March in 2025 the First International Congress of Women’s Studies was held in Kayseri, Turkey. The leading researchers of the department Mythology of the Institute of Folklore of ANAS made reports on the online form such as PhD., Associate Professor Maleyka Mammadova with the report “Women and ritual in folklore: social roles and traditional meanings” and PhD. Sevinj Gasimova with the report “The role of women in the implementation of Novruz traditions” at the Congress.