The backsliding of democracy in Georgia over the recent period has come under the spotlight by international organizations and representatives of countries friendly to Georgia. Backing out on the promise to adopt a proportional system, the formation process of the Supreme Court, the ongoing political crisis and the policies of the Government of Georgia...
Concerned that femicide was becoming the social norm in Georgia, Baia Pataraia mobilised a Women’s movement against domestic violence and the murder of women that has grown to 3000 activists on Facebook. HRHF spoke to the chair of Human Rights House Tbilisi, and the director of Sapari about her work, the challenges facing Women Human Rights...
Women’s political participation is one of the cornerstonesof any country’s democratic development. The GeorgianWomen’s Movement and other civil society organizations have been fighting to increase women’s participation in politics for a number of years.Thisincludes advocating for gender quotas. It is unfortunate that during past six years, none...
Today, 27th of March, Union “Sapari”, Human Rights Monitoring and Education Center (EMC) and Partnership for Human Rights (PHR) ...
Today, the conference on “Legal aid and strategic litigation on cases regarding violence against women: Existing practices and challenges” was conducted in Radisson Blue Hotel. The conference was organized by “Sapari” and was supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and East-West Management Institute (EWMI-PROLoG)....
The Ambassadorial Working Group continues to closely observe developments on gender equality in Georgia, including in the area of women’s political and economic empowerment. We welcome the recent amendment to the Constitution of Georgia, which provides for special measures to be implemented by the State to ensure substantive equality between men and...
