On 5-6 October 2015 the Public Defender's Office held trainings for journalists and representatives of local self-governmental bodies in the city of Zugdidi by the support from the “Strengthenin ...
Gender inequality and violence against women remains a serious challenge in Georgia. Stereotypical attitudes and discriminatory practices are deeply rooted in the society, which often ends up with vio ...
The Gender Equality Department of the Public Defender's Office monitored service centers (shelters) of human trafficking victims on 10-11 June 2015, under the authority granted by law.
Shelters were c ...
On June 23, 2015, the Public Defender of Georgia and the United Nations Organization - the UN Women held a joint meeting dedicated to issues of gender equality and legal rights of women. The meeting w ...
With the view of improvement of gender equality legislation, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Parliament of Georgia with legislative proposals to establish definition in the legislation re ...
On May 25, 2015, the Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Parliament of Georgia with a legislative proposal in the framework of his legislation-granted authority. The proposal aims at correcting l ...
May 17 is International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia which aims to denounce violence and express solidarity towards LGBT persons. Unfortunately, in recent years, the most frequent displays o ...
On March 17, 2015, with organization of the Public Defender’s Office and support of the UN Women a meeting “Women’s rights and gender equality issues in the Public Defender Parliamen ...
I would like to express concern with regards to offensive, degrading and sexist remarks towards women voiced by head of Imereti regional unit of the political party “Free Georgia” Gogi Tsu ...
Congratulations to all of Georgia with International Women’s Day - the day that relates to issues of protection of women’s labour rights, supporting women’s participation in the deci ...
I would like to cordially congratulate the whole Georgia on the Mother’s Day that is marked in Georgia since 1991 though the international celebration of the Mother’s Day has a long histor ...
On February 24, 2015, a statement appeared on the official facebook page of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia on facts of early marriage. The statement notes that statistical informatio ...