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UN Women, supported by the European Union, continues empowering the youth and raising their awareness on gender-based violence.
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To raise public awareness and to mobilize public support for women’s increased participation in decision-making, UN Women Georgia Country Office implemented an awareness raising campaign “Change Requires the Voices of Women.”
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The “Empower Her” project will be implemented within the recently signed Memorandum of Cooperation between ProCredit Bank and UN Women.
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Care work is an important factor in the development of each person, family, society and economy. The time that women and men spend on this type of work has social and economic value, but it is often disregarded.
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With the invitation of UN Women, international expert Lolita Čigāne, a former journalist and a human rights activist who is a three-term member of the Latvian Saeima, visited Georgia from 17 to 19 October.
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UN Women has been actively collaborating with the Ministry of Defence of Georgia in this regard, which, among other initiatives, includes offering training sessions and masterclasses for women employed in this sector.
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In Georgia, women represent more than half of the population - 52 per cent; however, their meaningful and equal participation in politics and electoral processes remains a significant challenge.
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UN Women, together with funding from the Governments of Denmark and Norway, as well as from local partners, continues to work towards women’s economic empowerment.
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Sofio Abulashvili is the Head of the LEPL Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions, the agency aimed at supporting the creation of a safe, non-violent and equitable environment in schools.
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With the support of UN Women, the Ad Black Sea International Festival of Creativity continues to share interesting experiences on women’s issues for professionals in the advertising and creative industries.
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Aligned with the gender mainstreaming agenda enshrined in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, UN Women supports the Government of Georgia in integrating gender data and analysis in policymaking and budgetary processes.
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Women take an active part in Georgia’s political and public life and play an important role in the country’s development. They often handle quite difficult and high-level work; however, they are rarely seen in decision-making positions.
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Nazi Bakirova, now 50 years old, has loved sewing since childhood and was quite skilled at it. She furthered her expertise by learning from local seamstresses after finishing school.
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One of the significant aspects of empowering girls economically is the exchange of knowledge and the promotion of relevant skills. The Economics Olympiad, held by the Georgian Economic Literacy Initiative (GELi) with the support of UN Women, recently served this goal.
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UN Women’s partner NGOs - the IDP Women Association “Consent”, the Women’s Information Center and the Women Fund “Sukhumi”- conducted 12 training sessions for women and youth members of the Network in July and August.
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A training session was held for LAS staff on 1 and 2 August, attended by 25 representatives from the agency’s central and regional offices.
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On 25-26 July 2024, UN Women and the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT) hosted the second regional conference “Accelerating progress towards inclusive development through gender statistics” in Tbilisi, Georgia. The two-day conference aimed to enhance the knowledge of participants and share the best practices and experiences on leveraging gender data and evidence for informed policy making on gender equality and the empowerment of women.
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On 23 July 2024, a representative of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Eva Atterlov Frisell, along with UN Women representatives visited the crisis centre in Akhmeta.
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In order to increase the participation of women and girls in information and communications technology, the existence of role models is of particular importance. UN Women, by promoting various initiatives and programmes, is constantly trying to encourage and professionally develop such examples of successful women in Georgia.
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Ukrainian women who were forced to leave their own country because of the war and now live in Georgia will now learn technology with the support of UN Women.