On March 8, International Women's Day, we join the international community with the theme: "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment." This year's theme emphasizes the need to ensure equal rights and opportunities for all women and girls and calls on us to act more to achieve real change.

Women play a crucial role in the development of our country. Their hard work, efforts, and courage create a more just and equal society. Nevertheless, a number of challenges still remain acute, including violence against women and domestic violence, economic barriers, difficulties in career advancement, fight against stereotypes, improvement of legal remedies for women, access to services, etc. In this regard, the abolition of the mandatory quota mechanism by the Parliament of Georgia and the legislative package of amendments relating to gender equality are noteworthy, especially in the context of the fact that women face visible and invisible barriers every day, both in political and public life.

The Public Defender of Georgia calls on the authorities to strengthen their efforts and take effective steps to ensure the protection of women's rights in the country.