Civil Service Bureau adopts Domestic Violence Victim Protection Guidelines
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Domestic violence has the potential to impact one’s employment status, productivity and overall health and safety. Governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, and labour market institutions can contribute, alongside other initiatives, by acknowledging, addressing and responding to the consequences of domestic violence in the workplace. The Civil Service Bureau with UN Women support is leading the way in Georgia’s employment sector by setting up support mechanisms for the victims/survivors of domestic violence in the workplace.
On 19 September 2023, the Civil Service Bureau adopted its internal Domestic Violence Victim Protection Guidelines by Decree No. 1043/sa of the Head of the Bureau. The initiative is aligned with the Bureau’s internal 2022–2024 Gender Equality Action Plan adopted with UN Women’s support in 2022 and aims at setting up internal mechanisms for protecting and supporting victims/survivors of domestic violence in the workplace.
“The Bureau developed and approved guidelines for the protection of victims of domestic violence that are based on national and international legal norms and standards on promoting gender equality and combating violence against women and domestic violence,” said Maia Dvalishvili, Deputy Head of the Civil Service Bureau. “The guidelines regulate the implementation of effective responses to women and victims of domestic violence by the organization.”
“The Bureau developed and approved guidelines for the protection of victims of domestic violence that are based on national and international legal norms and standards on promoting gender equality and combating violence against women and domestic violence,” said Maia Dvalishvili, Deputy Head of the Civil Service Bureau. “The guidelines regulate the implementation of effective responses to women and victims of domestic violence by the organization.”
The initiative was carried out within the framework of the “Good Governance for Gender Equality in Georgia” (GG4GEG) project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway.