Competition for Journalists – “Journalists for Women’s Rights”
On December 25, 2014, the Public Defender of Georgia awarded winners of the competition for journalists -“Journalists for Women’s Rights”.
By the decision of the panel of judges the ...
Statement on depiction of issues of violence against women in negative context in the media
The media occupies the most important place in the process of elimination of gender inequality and discrimination. In recent period, alarming facts of violence against women has been taken place. I wo ...
Proposal to Regulate Issue of Paternity and Child Care Leave of Absence for Men
The Public Defender of Georgia addressed the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia with a proposal to develop relevant changes to bring the issue of calculation and issuance of bene ...
On Ineffectiveness of a Signed Statement in Domestic Violence Cases
The Public Defender addressed the Minister of Internal Affairs to assume personal control over the issue of application of legal mechanisms by persons authorized to respond to cases of domestic violen ...
Statement Regarding the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
On November 29, the entire word marks the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day that was established since 2004 to mark dedication of defenders of women’s rights and their fearless figh ...
Deputy Public Defender Speech at the Kato Mikeladze Award presentation
On November 28, the award ceremony for presentation of the Kato Mikeladze award designed for women’s rights defenders took place. This year, the award was received by head of the Women’s F ...
The Public Defender Approved Internal Response Mechanisms to Prevent Sexual Harassment at Workplaces
On November 25, 2014, the Public Defender of Georgia approved a document defining policies of prevention of sexual harassment. Taking into consideration importance in-practice application of discrimin ...
The Public Defender of Georgia joins the UN Women International Campaign HeForShe
On November 25, on the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, the UN Women held a meeting on violence against women and girls. Simultaneously, a new global campaign “HeForS ...
Statement with Regards to the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
On November 25, the civilized world marks the International Day for Elimination of violence against women. On the same day, a 16-day campaign against gender-based violence will be launched that aims a ...
Statement on the Political Participation of Women
Public Defender of Georgia expresses his concern on the decrease of experiences in the rate of participation of women in the political life of the country and the absence of progress towards this dire ...
Statement on the Sexist Footage Broadcasted by the GDS Television
Public Defender is concerned about the sexist video that went viral in the social media after it was transmitted in the program “Flat 18” on GDS Television. Association of woma ...
Meeting with students on the issues of domestic violence
On 30th of June 2014, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia Paata Beltadze and Head of the Department of Gender Equality Ekaterine Skhiladze met with the students of School of Law “Domestic violence ...
