On November 26, 2024, the Public Defender of Georgia, Levan Ioseliani, as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, held a conference on the topic - Femicide Prevention and Monitoring: Analysis of Cases of 2022.

In his speech, the Public Defender spoke about the challenges still existing in terms of prevention of violence against women and domestic violence, timely detection and effective response to the cases, including in the direction of awareness and access to services for victims of violence in the regions. He noted that the main causes of femicide remained stereotypical views and discrimination about the role of women in society.

He also reviewed the activities of the Public Defender's Office of Georgia, which has been analyzing cases of gender-based killings, attempted killings and triggered suicides of women since 2016, identifying gaps and developing relevant recommendations.

He positively assessed the good practice of cooperation with agencies and maximum harmonization of femicide monitoring methodologies. However, he emphasized that despite legislative and institutional progress, in a number of cases, both at the investigation and judicial stages, the classification of gender-based crimes was still problematic, and that the high number of killings of women/attempts indicated the insufficiency of prevention measures.

Tamar Sabedashvili, Deputy Representative of UN Women in Georgia, delivered a welcoming speech at the event.

The 2022 Femicide Monitoring Report and trends identified by the 2019-2022 femicide monitoring were also presented at the conference; in addition, representatives of governmental, non-governmental and international organizations discussed ways to prevent gender-based crimes.

The event was organized by the Public Defender's Office in cooperation with the Swedish-supported project - United Nations Joint Programme for Gender Equality (UNJP4GE).