Tbilisi. Jumpstart Georgia published the visualization - "Don't Limit HER Possibilities!”. "While girls score equally as well as boys on Georgian exit exams in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects, they receive less support, are consistently less confident, and ultimately make up only 16% university students in IT. At the same time, STEM employers are finding it difficult to recruit enough skilled employees". The visualization  Source: feradi.info

Tbilisi. Representatives of the Ministry of Interior have met with CSO representatives working on women’s rights. The Ministry’s representatives have informed non-governmental sector members about the study of offences committed against women and implemented and planned events by the Ministry aimed at raising public awareness. For the full text. Source: ginsc.net

Tbilisi. The Women's Information Center has organized the CSO forum dedicated to "Women on Peace and Security" - implementation of the action plan of the UN Security Council resolutions. Representatives of CSOs participating in the forum have developed recommendations for the national coordination group of implementation of the 2012-2015 national action plan of "Women on Peace and Security" - the UN Security Council resolutions. At the meeting the Women's Information Center has informed the participants about the report to be submitted to the session of the Committee for Elimination of Discrimination against Women.Second half of the forum was dedicated to presentation of results of project - "Monitoring of fulfillment of national and international obligations in protection of women's rights" - implemented by the Women's Information Center with support of the Global Foundation, as well as to the development of the Labor Code related recommendations. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. CSO "Article 42 of the Constitution" has organized a project presentation on June25. The project – "Promoting Gender Equality at Working Places" – aims to enhance gender equality and achieve economic empowerment of women. Representatives of the Parliament of Georgia, executive authorities, Public Defender's Office and CSOs have attended the presentation. For the full text. Source: the organization's web page in the social network.

Tbilisi. The exhibition "Personal Table Feast" will run from June 24 to July 22, which aims to expose gender violence. "Old table feast" unites painful stories suffered by women at old table feats and forgotten in the feast joy. For the full text. Source: ginsc.net

Tbilisi. On June 19 Media Development Fund awarded the winners - 10 bloggers and 10 leader women of "My Leader Woman” competition. The competition participants were from various regions of Georgia; they created blogs by texts, photos or videos about local leader women.  For the full text Source: media.ge 

Kakheti. Public lecture series organized by Heinrich Boell foundation – "Who is Scared of Feminism” ended; lectures were held in Telavi media café. 10 public lectures were given within the project framework. The lectures aimed to facilitate awareness about equality idea. Movie show was held at the final event; certificates and books were given to active audience.

To promote tolerance and solidarity towards women, the Gender Equality Network has organized the event-performance - "Rush-Hour" - on June 12 in Tbilisi and all ten regions. The event-performance aimed to support women candidates in the 2014 local self-government authorities election. The event was organized by the municipality buildings of the self-governing cities. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. The Gender Equality Network has organized a civil forum on June 11. The forum aims to get familiar with the results of gender analysis during the pre-election period of the 2014 local self-government authorities and inform general public about the issues of women's political participation. Over hundred representatives from the Parliament, authorities, CSOs, international organizations and political parties have attended the forum. The event was organized as part of the project "Gender Equality in Political Processes", implemented by the Gender Equality Network (GEN) with support of the Center of Electoral Systems Development and Reforms. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. The working group on women's political participation has released a petition, expressing concern over the status of women's rights and gender inequality in the country. For the full text. Source: ginsc.net

Tbilisi. Women's demonstration was held on June 7. Women from entire Georgia have organized a march requesting "to vote for women ... we need women in politics". The campaign is organized by CSOs "Gender Equality Network" and the "Journalist Network for Gender Equality". The campaign is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).

Kakheti. The Gender Equality Network has organized a public discussion in Telavi to support women candidates running in the self-government elections. At the discussion with active dialogue and debates women candidates have presented their agendas and discussed future plans.Women candidates nominated by various political parties on proportional lists and single-seat positions, the Telavi Mayor nominee woman and the civil society representatives have attended the meeting. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. "Article 42 of the Constitution" has organized a training in the conference hall of the Human Rights House. The event was organized as part of the Gender Equality Facilitation project. 5-day training covered topics such as gender stereotypes, results of gender discrimination at jobs and means to avoid them, etc. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. Women's demonstration will be held at 13:00 on June 7. Hundreds of women from entire Georgia will gather in Tbilisi in front of the Parliament building and organize a march requesting "to vote for women ... we need women in politics". The campaign is organized by CSOs "Gender Equality Network" and "Journalist Network for Gender Equality". The campaign is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). For the full text. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. The Gender Equality Network has organized a public discussion on June 1 to support women candidates running in the local authorities elections. At the meeting with an active dialogue the women nominees have presented their agendas and discussed future plans. Women candidates nominated by various political parties on proportional lists and single-seat positions, as well as the civil society representatives have attended the meeting.Public discussion was organized as part of the project "Gender Fairness in Political Processes", implemented by the Gender Equality Network with support from the Election Systems Development, Reforms and Training Center. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Tbilisi. International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy published a research Representation of Women and Gender Balance in Local Self-Government Sakrebulos in Georgia on May 30, 2014. ISFED requested information about members of Sakrebulo from 64 Municipality Sakrebulos of Georgia. "There are total of 1550 members in Sakrebulos  of 59 municipalities and 5 self-governing cities of Georgia, majority of which are men – 88,9% (1378) while women make up 11,2% (171) of Sakrebulo members". For the full text Source: isfed.ge

Kakheti. A cycle of public lectures organized by the Heinrich Boll Foundation continues in Telavi. The project aims to raise public awareness on the idea of equality.2 public lectures were delivered in the Telavi Media Cafe on May 28: Ida Bakhturi's "Why We Need Feminism Today" and Tamar Tskhadadze's "Antifeminism: Ignorance, Irresponsibility or Fight to Keep Privileges."

Tbilisi. The Heinrich Boll Foundation has released the Bureau's statistics on gender. "When evaluating the last year work we got interested in the statistics of our Bureau - did we manage to observe the gender democracy principle during the implementation of various activities? The results turned out to be so encouraging that we have decided to share them with broader public to demonstrate that planning programs gender-wise is a great opportunity for transforming gender hierarchies and gender roles, which are so firmly established in private or public institutions." For the full text Source: ge.boell.org

Tbilisi. The Independent Feminist Group has organized a rally on May 27 by the Ministry of Interior, condemning violence against women. Members of the Independent Feminist Group state that the police avoid registering this offence. Members of the initiative group have left with the security guards of the Ministry of Interior the following posters: "Family bully is unpunished", "MoI, violence against women is a crime", etc. In the near future the feminist group will draw up the petition and start collecting the signatures. For the full text. Source: radiotavisupleba.ge 

Tbilisi. A rally was organized by CSO "Identity" on May 24 at the Government Chancellery to condemn violence against women. CSO representatives and ordinary citizens have participated in the rally. Source: netgazeti.ge

Imereti. Training was delivered in "Civil Activism and Women's Political Participation" on May 22 for members of the Kutaisi Youth Center. Representatives of the Media Development Fund and the Constitutional Training Center have moderated the meeting. Training aimed to raise youth's awareness on women's political and civil rights and legislative guarantees for increased women participation in electoral processes.After the training, exhibition "Women from the Past - Example for the Future" initiated by the Media Development Fund was organized. Source: the organization's page in the social network.

Adjara. Representatives of the Gender Equality Network have met with local women voters and single-seat candidates on May 22 in the Batumi Civic Engagement Center.Meeting participants have discussed aspects that candidates should focus on during their election campaigns. Persons with disabilities have also attended the meeting along with the election entities. Candidates have talked about their vision on protecting the rights of persons with disabilities. The Georgian Gender Equality Network is organizing similar meetings in all regions of Georgia. The Network operates since 2012 and aims to increase women participation in politics.