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Georgia Debates Ending Family-to-Family Adoptions

In Georgia, where motherhood is seen as a woman’s chief duty, a family without children has long been considered a tiny tragedy

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Problems Faced by Single Mothers  

Statement of the Premier caused mixed reactions in the society. Trade Union - is one of the organizations lobbying to consider women’s issues in the Labor Code. Eter Matureli mentions that according to the draft law, the situation of women is not going to improve much.

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Union of Women Members of the Municipal Council  

Natia Gvianishvili – Feminist Activist in Georgia

Uniting Women Councillors for Better Local Governance

May 17 in Tbilisi – with broken buses, stones, nettles and injured people  

Trainings for providers of cases  

Projects - UNDP Georgia Kvinna till Kvinna
The Global Network of women Peacebuilders

Gender in the world

Kyrgyzstan: Bride Kidnapping Not Just a Rural Phenomenon

Many know of bride kidnapping as a phenomenon in rural Kyrgyzstan. But few realize it happens in the relatively liberal capital, Bishkek, too

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New Rule for State-Paid Childbirth Stirs Discontent in Armenia

Acid Attacks Against Women on the Rise in Italy

Gender in Caucasus

Georgians Wrestle With Abortion Issue As Gender Imbalance Grows

Georgia faces a serious and growing demographic problem. According to the UN, the ratio of newborn boys to girls in 1991 was 105 to 100. By 2000, it was nearly 110 to 100. And in 2011, it was almost 114 to 100

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Georgian Lawmakers To Debate Abortion Ban After Patriarch's Plea

Meeting of the UN Gender Theme Group

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Bank of England under fire for not putting women on notes

The Bank of England is facing a threat of court action for failing to adhere to equality laws following its decision to replace the only historical female figure on English banknotes with a man

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Spanx Founder 1st Female Billionaire to Join Buffett-Gates’ Giving Pledge

Human Rights Bodies Call on El Salvador to Provide Life-Saving Abortion

Gender based violence

UN report confirms nearly 200 women and girls raped by Congolese troops, rebels

Congolese armed forces, known by the French acronym FARDC, raped more than 102 women and 33 girls, some as young as six years old...

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99.3% of Egyptian women experienced sexual harassment: report

G8 summit: ministers discuss ending sexual violence

IDP Georgia

Gender Aspects of Mediation and Role of Women in Conflict Resolution Processes

Three day training “Gender Aspects of Mediation and Role of Women in Conflict Resolution Processes” was held on February 21-23, 2013

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Field Visit in Gori Municipality

Women in Georgia advised to protect their property rights

National minorities

Language barriers limited Georgia’s ethnic minorities’ access to information

“Local government officials in Samtskhe-Javakheti voiced concern that the lack of significant Georgian news programs in minority languages alienated many members of national minority communities,”- says the State Department's 2012 Report

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Petition of women's non-governmental organizations related to the abortion prohibition

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Gender policy

Court is the only system where sex ratio is the same

State Policy on Gender Equality

Political Party Funding and Women’s Participation in Political Life

 

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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (ADB)

 

Trafficking

UN Member States appraise Global Action Plan to combat human trafficking

Indian rickshaw puller sells daughter, 15, to traffickers - report

EU Launches New Probe In Kosovo Organ-Trafficking Case

 

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