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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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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.
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Improved and accessible services for female victims and survivors of violence in Georgia is still a challenging issue in the fight against domestic violence and violence against women.
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Producing gender statistics and indicators in the agricultural sector, and basing analysis and decision-making on these findings, will significantly contribute to strengthening gender equality in this field.
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The students at the conference discussed such issues as the risks that women encounter online, the reasons for the gender gap in cybersecurity, cyberharassment, stalking and gender-based cybercrimes, and why there are fewer women in the cybersecurity workforce.
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When his son was born in December 2023, 34-year-old Avtandil Tsereteli didn’t think twice about taking the paid paternity leave offered by his employer, TBC Bank, in Georgia. “It was one of the most significant decisions I will ever make,” he says. “When you have time with your baby, it gives you such a huge pleasure that I had never experienced before, and I could not have imagined. You have to experience it to feel it. It’s one of the most beautiful experiences a parent can have.”
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Increasing awareness of the impact of gender on the economy is crucial for advancing women’s economic empowerment. Globally and in Georgia, women face numerous barriers to labour force participation, as well as wage disparity, limited access to resources, unpaid caregiving responsibilities and more.
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With the Greenhouse Pilot Programme for Women, which was implemented not only in Marneuli but also in Lagodekhi, a total of 37 women received financing to set up their greenhouses. UN Women contributed 80 per cent of the financing.
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Khatuna Katsarava, 46, is the head of the Kolkheti National Park Administration. At the same time, she is the head of the visitor centre of Kolkheti National Park and, as the founder of the Friends of the Park Association, implements a number of eco-educational projects.
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In the modern business environment, human resource management professionals play an important role in shaping and developing a healthy and balanced organizational culture.
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In partnership with UN Women, specialized lawyers will undergo respective training at the Legal Aid Service. An intensive special course will significantly contribute to the enhancement of the quality of legal counselling and the protection of interests of violence survivors.
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Thirteen employees from various government agencies attended the training, learning the normative and political frameworks of gender-inclusive peace processes and gender-sensitive conflict analysis, as well as the specifics of gender-inclusive peace negotiations.
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Global practice indicates that in the process of the prevention and elimination of violence against women and domestic violence, the existanceof a clear policy on the part of employers, in particular one that takes into account the interests of victims and survivors of violence as much as possible, can play a special role.
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UN Women has been actively working on gender mainstreaming in the Ministry of Defence of Georgia for more than a decade already. Among other initiatives, this collaboration involves the appreciation of contributions of women in the Georgian Defence Forces.
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Supported by the Government of Japan, UN Women has launched a vital initiative supporting Ukrainian refugee women and girls in Slovakia, Poland, and Georgia. With a $565,000 investment, the project will benefit 480 Ukrainian refugee women and girls, impacting representatives from CSOs, state partners, and Women’s Rights Organizations.
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The pilot programme started in 2022 in Marneuli and Lagodekhi municipalities within the framework of cooperation between the RDA and the UN Women Georgia Country Office. The current phase of the programme is operational in three other municipalities: Vani, Chokhatauri and Chkhorotsku.
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"The UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia and the UNFPA Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, together with the European Union (EU), started the Phase II of the regional programme “EU 4 Gender Equality: Together against gender stereotypes and gender-based violence”.
‘Ring the Bell for Gender Equality’: Georgian financial sector supports the annual global initiative
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Supported by UN Women, the Georgian Stock Exchange and the Tbilisi Stock Exchange, the Georgian financial sector continued its annual tradition of joining the global initiative “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” this year as well.
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For UN Women, one of the priority areas of focus is to engage girls in innovations and technologies by supporting initiatives that enable and motivate them to do so.
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How rural women change the lives of their families, villages and communities for the better, and the difficulties they have to overcome to do so - these are the topics addressed in “We Women Have Power”, published by UN Women as part of Gender Week.