Tbilisi. Gender Information Portal publishes an infographic on percentage indicator of female members of the Parliament, elected in 2016. "According to recent data, after the second round 24 women and 126 men have been elected in the Parliament” – is stated on the portal. In full… Source: ginsc.net

Tbilisi. Gender information portal publishes an evaluation of the World Economic Forum regarding gender difference. According to the survey, Georgia ranks 90th in terms of gender equality. In full... Source:ginsc.net

Tbilisi. Feminist platform of Heinrich Boell Foundation South Caucasus Bureau publishes a blogpost of Tamar Gurchiani: "We’ll reach the sky by all means”. ''Once Hillary Clinton said in her speech – "When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit”. My parents taught me to see the ceiling, in other words to notice those barriers that women had. Of course they also believed that I would reach the sky by all means. Since then I set as my mission to show these barriers to women and girls (and to men too) and to give them the faith, which I had taken from my parents - we’ll reach the sky by all means'' – is stated on the website of the organization. In full… Source:www.feminism-boell.org

Tbilisi. 11 October is the International Day of Girl Child. Celebration of this day is aimed at recognizing and protecting girls' rights, promoting their education and strengthening their capacity, as well as raising public awareness of different types of oppression and discrimination that girls face every day in different countries, including Georgia. ''Unfortunately, cases of forced engagement and marriage are still widespread. The main challenge is the lack of awareness and wrong views existing in the society. It is important to correct the deficiencies in the delivery of services and to solve the problem of inefficient response'', is noted in the statement. In full… Source: www.ombudsman.ge

Tbilisi. Gender Information Network publishes a blogpost: ''Out of 854 majoritarian in Georgia only 147 are women''. ''An interim report of CEC allocates quite a lot of space to gender statistics and work, which CEC has done in terms of gender. According to the report, out of 854 majoritarian in Georgia 147 are women'' – is stated on the website of the organization. In full... Source:ginsc.net

Tbilisi. On September 23, the Women's Information Center held a panel discussion. ''The Panel Discussion is a working meeting, where a dialog takes place between candidates, representing political parties, and women voters in a question-and-answer format'' – is stated on the website of the organization in a social network. In full… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. On September 25-26, Georgian Adult Education Network (GAEN) will hold a festival: ''Gender Starts with Me''. '''The project aims at raising awareness of a society regarding gender equality, protection of the rights of victims of domestic violence and violence prevention issues in Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Kvemo Kartli, Guria, Kakheti and Samtskhe-Javakheti regions'' – is stated on the website of the organization in a social network. In full… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. Heinrich Böll Foundation publishes an article of Anna Iluridze: ''Gender-Based Quotas''. ''We consider it as historical injustice that a gender role of a woman is limited into private space and that "making politics'' (which, for some reason is perceived as a dirty game) is entirely the prerogative of a man'' – is stated on the website of the organization. In full… Source:www.feminism-boell.org

Tbilisi. Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) publishes a documentary film: ''Different Perspective: Religion and Woman in Adjara''. ''young women from Adjara tell stories about their Hijab, why they decided to wear hijab and what they want to say with this'' – is stated on the website of the organization. In full... Sources:emc.org.ge

Tbilisi. ''Transparency International - Georgia'' periodically publishes information about representation of women in local self-governments. This time, the organization has studied current situation in the Kakheti region and made the results public. ''Transparency International - Georgia'' calls on the government, political parties and local self-government authorities to endeavor towards active involvement of women in political life. In full... Source:www.transparency.ge

Tbilisi. The election administration, first time during its activity, approved a policy document for gender equality. ''While implementing this policy, the election administration will play an important role in creating conditions, necessary for equal participation of men and women into the electoral processes'' – is stated on the website of the organization. In full... Source:www.ginsc.net

Tbilisi. On August 22, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) presented an alternative report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The report refers to fulfillment of recommendations of the Committee regarding the issue of violence against women, provided to Georgia in July 2014. In full... Source:gyla.ge

Tbilisi. The Public Defender of Georgia responds to the information spread by the media on August 26, 2016, according to which, following the meeting in Keda Municipality Council the women were asked to leave the session hall. ''The Public Defender notes that the women inclusion in the political life is a necessary precondition for the development of a democratic state; accordingly, the state should contribute to carrying out this task. The similar attitude strengthens and encourages a negative stereotype in relation to the women participation in the social and the political life of this country, poses a threat that in the future they will be more subjected to the discrimination due to their sex'', is noted in the statement. In full… Source: ombudsman.ge

Tbilisi. On August 10, within the framework of the Women’s Information Center project ''Empowered Women for Peace and Development'', the three-day training was conducted for women members of a cooperative. ''With the support of the U.S. Department of State, within the framework of the project, women will buy poultry, cattle and bees, produce dried fruits and dairy products and sell them on a local market. The three-day training aims at educating those particular women members of a cooperative who, upon returning back home, intend to start an independent economic activity'' – is stated on the website of the organization in a social network. In full… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. The Women’s Fund publishes an annual report for 2015. The report is virtualized and reflects main activities and achievement of the ''Women’s Fund''. Report... Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. On July 28, in the conference hall of Human Rights House Tbilisi, Human Rights Center organized a round table "Domestic Violence/Femicide – Problem Analysis and Search of Solution”. Representatives of nongovernmental organizations, embassies, media organizations, political parties and state institutions participated in the round table. The lawyers of Human Rights Center reviewed and analyzed the cases of violence against women and femicide facts, which are processed by them. In full… Source: www.humanrights.ge

Tbilisi. Georgian Women's Movement addresses an open letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs. ''Despite the fact that the criminal policy related to violence against women has improved during the last two years, the essential solution of the problem is still impossible due to systemic defaults existing at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, it is necessary to continue reforms. We consider that the Ministry of Internal Affairs should immediately start working towards the following direction ...'' - is stated in the letter. Georgian Women's Movement requests a meeting with the Minister. In full… Source:The website of the organization in a social network

Tbilisi. Public Defender Echoes Cases of Gender-based Violence against Women. ''The Public Defender calls on the Government to immediately ensure that appropriate authorities take timely, effective and accountable measures. Special attention should be paid to each notification about domestic violence and domestic conflict and all appropriate measures must be taken for the prevention and elimination of violence against women,'' is noted in the statement. In full… Source: www.ombudsman.ge

Tbilisi. On July 8, 2016, Georgia’s Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the NGO WeCare initiated campaign MenCare. Presentation of the campaign was attended by Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili, who delivered a welcome speech at the event. The campaign aims to encourage men to be more involved as caring fathers and spouses in caring for health and well-being of the families, to stronger support equality of women and to equally share the housework. In full… Source: ombudsman.ge

Tbilisi. The Georgian Young Lawyers Association responds to the negative conclusion of the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee regarding the bill on femicide. In full… Source: gyla.ge

Tbilisi. Feminist Tour – this is how a new initiative of the Heinrich Boell Foundation is called. It includes articles and videos - 4 historical destinations in Tbilisi, which reflect a contribution of women into development of the country. In particular, you will virtually visit the Writers’ House, the Memorial of the Society for the Spreading of Literacy among Georgians, the building of the Constituent Assembly of Georgia and the museum of the artist Elene Akhvlediani. The story on how the history of women relates with these sites you may get to know through the articles, written about the tour, and the video. In full… Source: feminism-boell.org