Tbilisi. On March 21, the Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office held a working meeting on the issue of interconnection of gender and conflicts. ''Participants discussed different types of obstacles that internally displaced women face in Georgia currently, also discussed how their participation in public space can be supported and broadly, how can women’s role in peace building process can be increased'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: The web page of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. On 22 March 2019, Public Defender of Georgia presented a national study on reproductive and sexual health and rights, which was prepared with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). At the opening of the event, the Public Defender noted that despite the progressive steps taken by the state, there remain systemic problems in terms of quality and accessibility of services, which lead to unaffordability of services, social barriers and lack of information. All of this has particular impact on the rights situation of ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women and girls in rural areas; there is no systemic approach to post-delivery services; children do not have complex education or full information about their body or reproductive health, which increases the risk of hazardous behavior. The study was carried out within the framework of the UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality, which is financially supported by the Swedish Government. Read more…  Source: The web-page of organization

Tbilisi. Information regarding domestic violence has been added to a mobile application 112 Georgia/112 saqarTvelo with the support of UN Women and the EU. ''The application provides comprehensive information also regarding state services available for victims of domestic violence - shelters, crisis centers and a hotline (116 006)'', - is stated on the website of the organization in a social network. Read more… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

On January 20–23, representatives of City halls and municipality councils, as well as the members of Gender Equality councils of municipalities of Kvemo-Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti region took part in the training ''Promotion of Gender Equality Action Plan''. ''The aim of the training is to raise awareness among the members of Gender Equality Councils about subjects like, gender equality, women’s rights, national and international obligations , gender budgeting, statistics and how to implement effectively the Action Plans'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: The webpage of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. UN Women in partnership with Civil Development Agency (CiDA) and Microsoft Georgia organized the meeting „Advancing Diversity and Women’s Inclusion in the ICT sector". The international guest speaker of the meeting was Robert Trnovec, Regional Director, Enterprise Commercial for CEE Multi-Country Region at Microsoft. "These days, women are better at using technologies than men… Diversity is not a hobby for us, it’s a business issue”, Mr Trnovec noted. Read more… Source: The webpage of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. Discussion of the case of femicide sent from Georgia to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is underway. The case is one of the incidents that occurred in 2014 when a former husband has murdered a woman as a result of domestic violence. The woman has addressed to the law enforcement agencies for violence, but they did not take appropriate measures to prevent the femicide. Furthermore, there has not been any investigation and punishment of the case of femicide as a gender crime. Read more… Source: gyla.ge

Tbilisi. UN Women has been supporting national partners in Georgia to end violence against women and girls and domestic violence (VAWG/DV) since 2010. ''Our journey to promote zero tolerance for the practice of VAWG/DV in Georgia has been inspired and guided by the United Nations Secretary General’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign launched in 2008. This brief publication captures specifically UN Women’s partnership with sports to promote zero tolerance for VAWG/DV since 2010. Its purpose is to describe joint journey through the achievements and challenges we have encountered and to share our experience with partners within the UN family, civil society and beyond'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: georgia.unwomen.org

Tbilisi. Women's Movement responds to a statement of Minister of Economy – ''There are housewives who declare that they do not want to work. Besides, there are also people of various categories who say they do not want to work at all''. ''According to the latest data, women who, in the opinion of the Minister, ''do not want to work'' spend thrice more time on non-paid household activities than men. Employed women spend 42 hours, on average, on work at home – which indicates that they carry out double workload. 49% of women saying they do not work declare that a reason to it is domestic duties'', - the statement reads. Women's Movement urges the Minister to set a meeting. Read more… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. On December 20–21, reprsentatives of City halls and municipality councils, as well as the members of Gender Equality councils of four municipalities of Kvemo Kartli region: Dmanisi, Gardabani, Tsalka, Ristavi took part in the training ''Promotion of Gender Equality Action Plan''. ''The aim of the training is to raise awareness among the members of Gender Equality Councils about subjects like, gender equality, women’s rights, national and international obligations, gender budgeting, statistics and how to implement effectively the Action Plans'', is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: The webpage of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. Tbilisi City Court accepted a lawsuit of Ana Tavkhelidze, Master of the Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, for review, in which lawsuit the student demands abolishment of rating of her master thesis and re-defending of the master thesis before an independent commission. ''The applicant argues that the examination commission created a gender based hostile environment against her, while due to stereotypical and sexist appraisals her right to education was violated'', - the website of the organization states. Lawyers of PHR will defend interests of Master at court. Read more… Source:phrgeorgia.wordpress.com

Tbilisi. This morning, Tbilisi Appeal Court's chamber: judge Diana Berekashvili, judge Ketevan Dugladze, judge Besarion Tabagua, delivered precedential decision on workplace sexual harassment and ruled for Tatia Samkharadze. Tbilisi Appeal Court ruled against Shalva Ramishvili as he illegally used his power and sexually harassed employee Tatia Samkharadze. Due to the sexual harassment, Shalva Ramishvili is responsible to compensate for moral damages. Read more… Source: The organization’s webpage in a social network

Kvemo Kartli. Over 30 young farmers from Tetritskaro municipality participated in youth event on gender issues organized with EU ENPARD support by Association Rural Development for Future Georgia (RDFG). The event took place in Tetritskaro on the occasion of the international campaign "16 days of activism against gender-based violence” that runs every year in the period of 25th November to 10th December. In full  Source: http://enpard.ge

Tbilisi. Women's Movement and non-governmental organizations address newly elected President of Georgia. ''Women's Movement congratulates Salome Zurabishvili on her becoming a president and reminds her, as a woman president that she has a significant role in improvement of situation in terms of women rights. Taking this into consideration, we call on Salome Zurabishvili to review the decision about considering the candidacy of Dimitri Gabunia on a position of Parliamentary Secretary of the President'', - is stated on the website of the organization in a social network. Read more… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. Non-governmental organizations release a statement on elements of gender discrimination. ''It’s important to note that 2018 Presidential election campaign, both the first and second rounds, have been characterized by poor political culture, revealed in personal attacks as well as in the absence of issue-based platforms. We call on all elections stakeholders, especially the ruling party ''Georgian Dream'', to be more gender sensitive, refrain from presenting Presidential Candidate Salome Zurabishvili as a victim, weaker politician compared to men; and not strengthen gender stereotypes towards women politicians. This kind of rhetoric both damages the electoral environment and hinders women’s active political participation,'' is noted in the statement. Read more… Source: The webpage of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. On November 14, the European Parliament adopted a 2018 report on implementation of Georgia-EU Association Agreement. ''In the presented report, the European Parliament responds to the situation with regard to women in Georgia and calls on the government to protect women from all forms of violence, sexual harassment at the workplace and public spaces, and increase participation of women in labor market and politics, where they are not properly represented.'' Read more… Source:sapari.ge

Tbilisi. According to a statement of ''Transparency International Georgia'', representation of women at city assemblies of Imereti municipalities has increased. ''In comparison with results of the 2014 local self-government elections, representation of women at city assemblies of Imereti municipalities is increased. Furthermore, Chairpersons of city assemblies of three municipalities are women. Nevertheless, representation of women among local self-government officials is low'', - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source:www.transparency.ge

Tbilisi. Working meeting on Women's Economic Empowerment and Corporate Sustainability in Business Sector took place in Tbilisi which was attended by more than 20 representatives of public and private sectors. Gender stereotypes in Georgia and corporate sustainability issues have been discussed at the meeting. Read more… Source: The webpage of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in Georgia – new gender assessment report was introduced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with the support of the European Union and Austrian Development Cooperation. Breeding livestock, producing crops and household goods, fetching water and firewood, housework, cooking for family, looking after children, the elderly and sick members of the family – this is the short list of the rural women’s obligations in Georgia. However, women’s contribution to the agricultural production remains invisible and under-recognized according to the report. In full  Source: http://enpard.ge/en

Tbilisi. Women's Movement releases a statement regarding abduction of a 17-year-old girl from her own home by using force 4 days ago in a village of Lambalo. ''There are frequent cases of kidnaping girls for marriage purposes among national minorities residing in Georgia. Investigative structures virtually ignore such cases. The state waits until the families find consensus and then either stops an investigation completely or imposes a GEL 5000 plea agreement to be signed'', - the statement reads. Women's Movement demands investigation of the case and punishment of the kidnapper. Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. Gender, agriculture and rural development in Georgia – was the main topic of discussion at the meeting where FAO brought together all the stakeholders and implementing partners of the EU-supported European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD). The participants talked about the existing gender inequalities in agriculture, their causes, and their impact on the economic and social development of rural areas. The attendees debated on the challenges, gaps and practices that are being improved or need to be considered by policy-makers to support the economic empowerment of rural women in Georgia. In full  Source: The organization’s webpage

Tbilisi. Non-governmental organizations and groups working on protection of human rights express their concern regarding the fact of violence and threat committed with homophobic motives against four activists of an organization "Equality Movement” in Tbilisi. ''We, the signatory organizations call on the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to ensure: timely, independent and effective investigation into the fact of beating of activists of ''Equity Movement” and threat committed against them by private persons'' – is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. According to the information of Women's Information Center, a gender equality action plan has been approved by 32 municipalities. ''Today, action plans are elaborated at 65, while approved at 32 municipalities of Georgia. Mentioned process continues'', - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source:ginsc.net