Human capital in ICT is a driving force for digital and digital-enabled innovations and is considered crucial for the competitiveness of modern-day economies. With the ICT sector heavily gender segregated and facing a huge demand for new specialists, the greater involvement of women is crucial for the support of the digitalization process and growth of economies.

The starting point for the National Assessment of Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in Georgia was a firm belief that helping more female entrepreneurs build successful businesses could unlock enormous value for the economy of Georgia.

This report summarizes the findings of the Women Entrepreneurs Survey in Georgia. This data collection effort is part of a larger study by UN Women and the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Georgia aimed at conducting the National Assessment of Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in Georgia.

The guidelines below are intended to support members of the media in providing fairer and more sensitive reporting. They are based on the ‘Report of the 1st Conference of the Council of Europe Network of National Focal Points on Gender Equality, in addition to research and recommendations by international media development organizations.

Women and men engage in a range of activities on a daily basis. These include paid and unpaid work, domestic work, care work, volunteer work, education and learning, culture and sports, socializing and leisure, and personal care. Time Use Surveys provide data on the time spent on these various activities by women and men and allow for the analysis of gender-based differences in time allocation patterns across these activities. They are the only source for SDG indicator 5.4.1.

Women spend three times longer on unpaid work than men globally. As a result, they suffer from time poverty, have less time to engage in paid labour, or take advantage of career or personal development opportunities.

This manual provides practical guidance to public servants on handling workplace sexual harassment cases. It intends to support public entities in effectively responding to workplace sexual harassment complaints and creating a safe and supporting environment for women and men in the public service.

The report aims to analyse available data sources in order to enable an understanding of the issues that women and children with disabilities face in Georgia in a wide range of domains. Specifically, this study provides an overview of the situation of people with disabilities in Georgia with a special focus on women and children with regard to demographics; education; employment; health, welfare and access to social services; and safety and crime.

The documents review the status of LGBTQI people, their rights, and existing barriers for realizing their rights. The documents analyze the policies and undertaken commitment by the Government of Georgia.

The study reveals the societal knowledge, attitudes and information regarding the LGBTQI communities and their members.

The ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI) in collaboration with UN Women, in the scope of the project “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus” (WEESC) funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC)—has implemented Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA) in two parts to study the prospects and organize a policy dialogue towards the possible ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156).

The study report aims to raise greater awareness of the tangible business benefits of diversity and inclusion within private sector companies in Georgia. The overall goal of the assignment is to collect baseline data and analyze information on the work undertaken by the WEPs signatory companies in Georgia on gender equality and women’s empowerment from 2017 to 2020.

The manual, provides practical guidance to investigators, prosecutors and judges working on cases of sexual violence, to achieve better results on criminal cases and to create a safe and supporting environment for victims of sexual violence.

The Study on Workplace Sexual Harassment in the Civil Service in Georgia is a joint initiative of UN Women and the Civil Service Bureau of Georgia. The study aimed at generating evidence to inform policies on preventing and responding to workplace sexual harassment in Georgia’s civil service.

The Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) of the programme Plant the Future was conducted by the ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI) as part of its collaboration with UN Women within the scope of the project “Regulatory Impact Assessment and Gender Impact Assessment for Women’s Economic Empowerment in Georgia”.

The gender impact assessment (GIA) is an equality tool that helps assess the gendered impact of different policies, programmes and services. It provides technical knowledge to enhance public sector organizations, think tanks and international development organizations to create gender-responsive and equitable programmes.

The ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI) - in collaboration with UN Women has implemented a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) to study the prospects and organize a policy dialogue towards the possible ratification of the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183).

The ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI) - in collaboration with UN Women in the scope of the project “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus” (WEESC), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) – has implemented a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) to study the prospects and organize a policy dialogue towards the possible ratification of Convention No. 189.

Women’s Empowerment Principles Communications Guidance Toolkit is intended to support the companies that signed WEPs in promoting gender equality and gender responsive business conduct.

This new guide provides corporations and their suppliers with a deeper understanding of the barriers and challenges preventing women-owned businesses from accessing and fully participating in local and global values chains.