Project name: United Nations Joint Program for Gender Equality
Funding source: UN Women
Project status: finished
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 31/06/2022

Objective: Elimination and prevention of violence against women and domestic violence

Project activities: The project includes many components, including:

• Monitoring of the action plan (2016-2017) of measures to be taken to combat violence against women and domestic violence and to protect victims;
• Monitoring of the national action plan of Georgia (2016-2017) for the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security;
• Monitoring of shelters for victims of domestic violence and trafficking;
• Strengthening of the Public Defender's regional offices in the field of protection of women's rights and gender equality;
• Conduct of trainings for journalists in gender sensitive coverage within the framework of the Human Rights Academy;

Contact persons:

Ana Iluridze, Head of the Department of Gender Equality
Ekaterine Skhiladze, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia