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- Economic empowerment (17)
- Gender equality and women’s empowerment (17)
- Ending violence against women and girls (15)
- Rural women (8)
- Peace and security (6)
- COVID-19 (3)
- Gender statistics (3)
- Gender, culture and society (2)
- Employment (2)
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Women get involved in budget planning and achieve tangible results
Monday, January 11, 2021
UN Women, in cooperation with the TASO Foundation is actively working to strengthen the opportunities of rural women in order to get them continually involved in the process of defining local priorities and budgeting accordingly.
Women volunteers become successful entrepreneurs
Monday, December 14, 2020
144 women were financed by the regional project “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus”, which encouraged them to realize their ideas and opportunities.
Georgian private sector to support the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
More than 30 representatives of the private sector issued a special statement in support of the campaign on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Take action: 10 ways you can help end violence against women, even during a pandemic
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Ending violence against women is everyone’s business. Here are just ten ways you can make a difference, safely and impactfully.
Starting a business after the age of 60
Thursday, October 15, 2020
The Sabirabad WRC, together with the WRCs in Baku Khazar and Qusar, represents a space that supports the development of women’s entrepreneurship and their self-employment and facilitates the process of enhancing women’s opportunities and increasing their income.
Conflict-affected women acquire computer skills and learn how to deal with cyberthreats
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
IDPWA “Consent”, with the support of UN Women, conducted a series of trainings in IT skills, cybersecurity, privacy, fake news, cyberviolence and harassment.
Women’s Empowerment Principles inspire community development
Thursday, August 27, 2020
For many years the population of Chochkhati community (Guria region) in Lanchkhuti municipality had to travel to Lanchkhuti in order to receive medical services. Public transport from the village runs to town only twice a day, so the local residents had many challenges.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Nona Noniashvili is a Georgian entrepreneur who decided to build her company’s factory in a conflict-affected village adjacent to the Administrative Boundary Line with Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, committed to helping a community in need and empowering local women.
Georgia’s first-ever Time Use Survey taking start
Thursday, June 18, 2020
UN Women in partnership with the National Statistics Office of Georgia (GEOSTAT) and with the generous support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is implementing Georgia’s first-ever Time Use Survey.
COVID-19 exacerbates women’s vulnerabilities and gender inequalities in Georgia
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex.
Women entrepreneurs learn new ways to cope with COVID-19 pandemic
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
UN Women had mobilized to unite the participants of the regional project “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus” - the women who had developed their business activities thanks to the support of this very project - in a series of online trainings.
Gender policy and challenges for local government bodies
Thursday, May 28, 2020
UN Women and the Public Defender’s Office conducted special assessment to study the gender equality policy of local governments, during which the main emphasis was placed on women’s economic rights and expanding their opportunities.
Digital technology can empower women, but…
Friday, May 22, 2020
Digital technologies can contribute to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, delivering better, more equal outcomes for men and women, providing women with “leapfrogging opportunities” and helping close gender gaps. However, this first requires overcoming existing barriers.
In Georgia, women farmers show solidarity amid COVID-19
Thursday, May 21, 2020
In early May, women from the village of Maradisi, in southeast Georgia, gained wide renown. Naira Paksadze, together with other women, hoed their neighbour’s potato field in order to save the family’s potato harvest. At the time, every member of the family was being treated for COVID-19 in hospital, while weeds were growing wild throughout their potato field – their only source of income.
Sewing ateliers participate in COVID-19 response
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Mariam Tskhovrebasvhili finished sewing her last dress on 18 March. She had 30 more orders awaiting her but all were cancelled. COVID-19 was already prescribing new rules, and nobody cared about clothing any more.
Companies in Georgia step up to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on women
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Increasing evidence from around the world indicates that COVID-19 and the response actions are impacting men and women differently.
How technology skills change women’s lives
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
In Georgia, there is a clear gender division among professions. Information technology is one of the most male-dominated and, at the same time, highly paid fields. UN Women developed the pilot initiative to address this inequality in collaboration with public and private organizations.
Gender pay gap remains a challenge for Georgia
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
In order to understand and reduce the gender pay gap, it is critically important to research and analyse the relevant data on the matter.
Gender equality starts with you: Nine ways you can keep up your activism from your couch
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
As everyone does their part to slow the spread of COVID-19 by practicing social distancing and isolation, we’re sharing some of the best ways we know to support gender equality in your homes and in the world, without leaving the safety of your own home, or your couch.
From vocational training to employment
Monday, March 16, 2020
Lela Setouri and Mzia Jabishvili met in November 2019 during their vocational training courses in the culinary arts. Both were from Akhmeta (in eastern Georgia’s Kakheti region), which helped bring them closer together.