Shida Kartli. Taso Foundation is visiting target villages as part of the Women’s Economic Empowerment project. On January 12, the Foundation held an informational meeting in the village of Shindisi. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. UN Women publishes the blogpost - FAQ: Types of violence against women and girls. “Violence against women and girls is one of the world’s most prevalent human rights violations, taking place every day, many times over, in every corner of the globe. Conditions created by the pandemic – including lockdowns, reduced mobility, heightened isolation, stress and economic uncertainty – have led to an alarming spike in domestic violence and have further exposed women and girls to other forms of violence, from child marriage to sexual harassment online. This FAQ provides an overview of the many forms of violence, along with other commonly used terms, that any gender equality activist should have in their vocabulary toolkit”. Read more… Source: georgia.unwomen.org

Tbilisi. Tbilisi and Kiev offices of the Heinrich Boell Foundation present a publication “Women and History - Gender perspectives of everyday life (1970s - 1980s)”. “The publication incorporates four articles from Georgia and Ukraine. The articles were grouped under a common theme: Gender perspectives of everyday life”. Read more… Source: feminism-boell.org

Tbilisi. UN Women together with the Business and Technology University and in partnership with IT companies, launches a new programme – 500 Women in Tech with the support of the Norwegian Government. “The project was launched on December 21 and it aims to enhance women’s participation in technologies throughout Georgia. The programme is designed for the beginners as well as for women and girls who already have some experience in this field”. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Samtskhe-Javakheti. The Social Justice Center presents the third episode of stories about women from villages of the Javakheti region. “Previously, girls used to get married right after they became 18 years, while nowadays many prefer to study. I would like all of them to study...” Source: socialjustice.org.ge

Tbilisi. According to information released by the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, the European Court has ordered Georgia to pay 193’500 Euros for violation of rights on the IDAHO day in 2013. Court cases were handled by the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association, the Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group, Identoba and The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC). “The state has been ordered to pay 193’500 Euros as a compensation in favor of applicants. At the same time, the decision envisages a number of general measures, in regard to which the complaining organizations will further communicate with the Committee of Ministers, as the international body supervising execution of decisions/judgments”. Read more… Source: gyla.ge

Tbilisi. GCSD within the project “SHE’s GREAT”, hosted a conference - "Promoting the Development of an Inclusive Society by Empowering Women." “The aim of the conference was to consolidate efforts against gender equality, gender discrimination and violence in Georgia”. Learn more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. The Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group (WISG) launches a new project: “Advocacy of gender and sexuality issues in digital and academic spaces”. “Within the framework of the project, we aim to problematize discrimination on the grounds of gender identity/sexual orientation and the so-called “conversion therapy” practice in the field of mental health, as well as to introduce LGBTQI+ affirmative approaches through facilitation of ethical practice and research”, - is stated on the website of the organization. Read more… Source: The website of the organization on a social network

Tbilisi. The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) publishes a study on “Sexual harassment in public spaces”. “Based on requested public information, GYLA studied the frequency of detection of cases of sexual harassment in public spaces, substantiation of decisions made by common courts, as well as the issue of imposing respective responsibility for facts of sexual harassment”. Read more… Source: gyla.ge

Tbilisi. Hurie Abashidze was nominated for this award by the Rondeli Foundation. “Hurie is a really outstanding human rights activist from Khulo. She defends rights of Muslim women, supports them in employment, works on protection of cultural heritage and development of a regional community, as well as takes care of community mobilization of young people living in local villages and their participation in self-government”, - is stated on the website of the Netherlands embassy in Tbilisi on a social network. Read more... Source: The website of the embassy on a social network

Tbilisi. Within the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, UN Women in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia is organizing a workshop aimed at developing the workplace sexual harassment prevention and response mechanism. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. The Public Defender and an organization “Rights Georgia” have published a special report, which demonstrates results of monitoring of legal proceedings carried out at Tbilisi and Rustavi city courts. Project researchers monitored interrogation of women victims of domestic violence in 30 criminal cases. “Insufficient awareness about rights and support services is one of the complications that women victims of domestic violence face during interrogation in court”. Read more… Source: rights.ge

Tbilisi. The Biltmore Hotel Tbilisi joins #16 Days of activist against gender based violence. The Biltmore placed an orange banner on the screen of the tower as a sign of solidarity. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. According to the information of UN Women in Georgia Local governments in Georgia join the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. “Within the framework of the campaign, over dozens of local governments will hold thematic events, including information meetings and media appearances all across Georgia. To guide the implementation of the campaign, NALAG has developed a special guidance for the local governments”. Read more... Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. Every year, the Public Defender of Georgia joins the 16 Day sof Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which has been marked since 1991 and aims to raise public awareness of the elimination of violence against women and domestic violence. Unfortunately, the Covid 19 pandemic has further exacerbated the problematic and covert nature of domestic violence and femicide. Femicide - gender-motivated killings of women – remains a particularly serious problem. The rate of this crime has sharply increased compared to previous years. Read more… Source: ombudsman.ge

Tbilisi. On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, one of the main landmarks of the Georgian capital, the TV tower, was lit up in orange once again. “With this symbolic gesture, the capital of Georgia joined the global campaign against gender-based violence. The campaign started on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and will last for 16 days. The initiative, which has already become a tradition, has been implemented by UN Women with the support of Tbilisi City Hall since 2016”. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Tbilisi. Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.  “Violence against women is a widespread problem. In Georgia, 1 in 5 women report having experienced sexual violence and/or sexual harassment at least once in their life - including sexual abuse as a child”. Find out more… Source: eu4georgia.eu

Tbilisi. According to the UN Women Geogia the signatory companies of Women’s Empowerment Principles teamed up to engage girls in technology. “Georgian-American University GAU, Kant’s Academy and Geolab have launched WE-Tech - a new 6-months educational platform for women. Combining 4 main educational components, the program will help participants develop technological and entrepreneurial skills”. Read more… Source: The organization’s page on the social network

Guria. The village of Laituri was visited by UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia Sabine Machl, UN Women Country Representative in Georgia Kaori Ishikawa and the writer Ekaterine Togonidze. “With the support of UN Women and the Government of Norway, local women opened the first bakery as well as a café and a mushroom enterprise in Laituri in 2018, bringing new life to their village. Now they already have a local NGO and are going to implement a number of initiatives for the benefit of the community. The initiative was realized as part of the UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality in Georgia, funded by the Government of Sweden”. Read more… Source: The organizations page on the social network

Tbilisi. UN Women and the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics have started their cooperation for promoting the ethical coverage of women’s rights and gender equality. The respective Memorandum of Understanding was signed today by Kaori Ishikawa, UN Women Country Representative in Georgia, and Mariam Gogosashvili, Director of the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics. Read more… Source: The organization's page on the social network

Tbilisi. According to the IDFI, in order to strengthen gender equality in Georgia's mining industry, active cooperation with relevant international organizations and initiatives and introduction of international standards at the national level are necessary.: Existence of appropriate policies at the central level; Implementation of relevant legislative changes; Raising local community awareness. Learn more… Source: idfi.ge

Tbilisi. According to information released by an organization “Sapari”, the UN Women Committee has published a decision on the case of Khanum Jeiranova. Jeiranova had been accused of extramarital affairs. On September 16, 2014, she was attacked by three relatives of her husband, who dragged her across the village and beat her severely. The woman was also forced by family members to commit suicide with rat poison. The mother of Jeiranova found her dead in a shed the next day: the body was hanging on a rope. Mullahs, who served the body of the woman, noted that her clothes were saturated with blood, while according to the testimony of a witness, she had been “beaten to death”. “The UN Women’s Rights Committee concluded that Georgia failed to ensure investigation and prosecution related to gender based violence as well as to violence in the name of dignity committed against a women, who was brutally beaten by family members in front of her young children, which fact resulted in her death. In the viewpoints about the violation published today, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expressed its concerns over the fact that the authorities of Georgia failed to ensure detention of family members of Khanum Jeiranova, the victim, and bringing them to justice for beating her to unconsciousness, as well as in regard to the decision of returning her back to relatives, after which fact she was found dead”. The committee instructed the state to launch an independent investigation and punish perpetrators. Read more… Source: sapari.ge