Georgian Parliament’s Gender Equality Council, Human Rights Committee discuss EU recommendation concerning gender equality
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee said the Committee planned to present “specific” initiatives, distributed according to specific topics, which would be “result-oriented” and would provide “concrete, quick” outcomes in important areas, and highlighted the importance of official statistics, which would “identify and count the most relevant” issues. Photo: Parliament of Georgia.
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On Wednesday, the Georgian Parliament’s Gender Equality Council and Committee on Human Rights, along with the representatives of partner organisations, discussed the 9th recommendation, concerning gender equality, of the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status.
Nino Tsilosani, the Chair of the Council noted the discussion concerned both “economic empowerment” of women and a strategic “long-term approach” of gender equality in state policy, and added that the issues of expanding gender quotas in parliament and its “successful” implementation had been also discussed, the Georgian Parliament’s press office said.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee said the Committee planned to present “specific” initiatives, distributed according to specific topics, which would be “result-oriented” and would provide “concrete, quick” outcomes in important areas, and highlighted the importance of official statistics, which would “identify and count the most relevant” issues.
The Women, Peace and Security agenda of the United Nations Women Organisation, and the role of women in conflict prevention and peaceful resolution, were in the focus of a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, and Kaori Ishikawa, the UN Women Country Representative in Georgia, on Friday.
The legislation to prevent violence against women and domestic violence, as well as protection and assistance to victims, and the legislative changes required to be implemented, were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Parliament members of the Gender Equality Council and the representatives of the United States Embassy.
The ruling Georgian Dream party on Friday presented its strategy for fulfilling the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Council for granting the country the European Union membership candidate status later this year.
Problems for gender equality still exist in Georgia but can be "completely eliminated" through joint efforts of the Government, civil society and the non-governmental sector, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said at a conference organised by the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia on Tuesday.
Niko Tatulashvili, the Advisor to the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on human rights protection issues, on Tuesday, presented a draft document of the National Human Rights Strategy to the members of the Georgian Parliament at the Human Rights and Civil Integration Committee.
Parliaments can make a “significant” contribution to women's empowerment, “gender-sensitive” parliaments can implement relevant changes and build more equal, sustainable societies, the Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Wednesday during his speech at the 145th Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly in Rwanda.
Six authors from the European Union’s Eastern Partnership programme will produce literary works on subjects ranging from gender stereotypes to human rights, discrimination and parenting in a bid to raise public awareness on the issues as part of a residency hosted in the eastern Georgian city of Telavi starting on Friday.
A Georgian-based campaign has released a children's book to help raise awareness around the topic of gender equality, with the launch set to coincide with the annual Europe Day celebrations in the country on Saturday.
A children’s book produced by the Georgian-based MenCare campaign for gender equality and positive parenting was featured among publications at the Tbilisi International Book Festival in the Georgian capital that closed on Sunday.