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On 9 May, UN Women participated in the annual event dedicated to Europe Day. This year once again, the Expo Georgia exhibition centre hosted this important occasion.
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Nino Chibchiuri, a 41-year-old journalist, lives with her family in the city of Gori, in the Shida Kartli region. She is the founder and director of the organizations Neo TV and “Georgian Media Group” as well as the editor-in-chief of the magazine “Liakhvis Kheoba” (Liakhvi Valley). Through various platforms, she actively covers women’s issues.
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To mark International Girls in ICT Day, on 29 and 30 April, Tbilisi hosted the first international conference “Tech Her Way: From Learning to Leading in Tech”, organized by UN Women and supported by the Government of Denmark.
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The warnings that literature offers, the way it reflects the global backsliding on women’s rights, and the links between fiction and reality—these were the topics of the panel discussion “Back to the Future: Patriarchal Revenge in Contemporary Literature”, organized by UN Women.
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By the end of 2025 and early 2026, a total of 128 care workers from 15 municipalities across Georgia had completed the training programmes. Among them, 70 were trained as personal assistants for persons with disabilities and 58 as home-care specialists.
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Community workers and members of self-help groups involved in a UN Women social mobilization initiative across six municipalities in Georgia reviewed the results of their work.
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UN Women continues to support gender-responsive and inclusive approaches to disaster risk reduction and promotes the involvement of women and girls with disabilities in relevant processes.
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During the meeting, held on 20 March, the women discussed the steps taken, results achieved and experiences gained within the framework of the project, as well as presented the community initiatives they implemented and their success stories.
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“Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”. To mark International Women’s Day, Georgia’s financial sector united around this cause and once again joined the global tradition of “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality”.
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How women in Georgia have been fighting for progress and a better future, their story of continuous leadership and the role they play in shaping public life—these were the topics highlighted at the event “Women Driving Progress” organized by UN Women.
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At the Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum, initiated by the European Business Association, UN Women hosted the panel discussion ‘Business Solutions for Inclusive Growth: Care-friendly Workplaces’. The session was attended by the CEOs of European Business Association member companies: ProCredit Bank, BDO Georgia, Microbank Crystal, Tegeta Holding and Caraps Medline.
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Women survivors of violence in Georgia continue to face barriers in accessing essential services, and UN Women, together with its partners, is working to expand a nationwide network of crisis centres offering legal assistance, psychological counselling, social workers’ support and vital information to help survivors break the cycle of violence. To date, nine crisis centres have been opened across the country, improving access to justice and support for survivors.
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UN Women is actively working to promote care-friendly workplaces and is using a number of interesting platforms to do so. One such opportunity was the Forbes Women Conference, which brought together women professionals, leaders and innovators from various fields in Tbilisi on 7 March 2026.
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UN Women has continued to support representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) by training them on how the gender perspective should be put into practice in climate change and disaster risk reduction (DRR).
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Giulnara Elizbarian, 60, lives in the village of Kartikami in Akhalkalaki Municipality. She has a spouse, three children and seven grandchildren. Giulnara is actively engaged in a UN Women–supported community mobilization initiative.
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More than 500 women across the regions of Georgia strengthened their financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills through the joint project “Civic Engagement for Local Development”, implemented by UN Women and UNDP with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom.
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UN Women has supported women and girls across Georgia in strengthening their digital literacy, safety and resilience to disinformation. As part of the joint project “Civic Engagement for Local Development” under the UN Georgia Pooled Fund for Civic Space, nearly 600 women and girls—many from ethnic and religious minority groups—participated in trainings on digital security, artificial intelligence and disinformation across the regions of Shida Kartli, Kvemo Kartli, Imereti, and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti in early 2026.
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Gender stereotypes remain a significant barrier to achieving gender equality and preventing violence. Unfortunately, their influence still persists in Georgia, so UN Women, together with its partners, promotes awareness-raising among the youth on relevant issues and encourages their involvement in various activities.
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Natia Gulbiani, 48, lives in Tskaltubo in Georgia’s Imereti region with her husband and two children. She is an English teacher at the public school in the village of Gumbra—someone who not only teaches but is always eager to learn herself.
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Women living in the village of Maradisi, located in Marneuli Municipality in the region of Kvemo Kartli, are particularly enthusiastic about implementing community initiatives. Among them is 53-year-old Lamara Bolkvadze, a teacher of Georgian language and literature.