Campaign against femicide hosts violence victims in meeting with prosecutor general’s office
The state body said the officials had provided the survivors with information on their rights and discussed issues of gender equality in the meeting, which also highlighted the needs of the victims and the importance of providing them with legal assistance. Photo: Prosecutor general's office.
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Female victims of violence were invited to meet representatives of the Georgian prosecutor general’s office on Wednesday in a meeting hosted as part of the body’s recently launched national campaign against femicide.
The state body said the officials had provided the survivors with information on their rights and discussed issues of gender equality in the meeting, which also highlighted the needs of the victims and the importance of providing them with legal assistance.
Photo: Prosecutor general's office
In the latest phase of the office’s campaign against femicide, artists, sculptors and photographers from across the country were invited this week to submit works to a competition dedicated to combatting femicide and violence against women.
Victims of violence were provided with brochures about femicide, domestic violence. Photo: pog.gov.ge.
The competition comes after the state body launched a public campaign around the issue earlier this month, with the office supported in the initiative by the United States embassy and the United Nations women’s organisation.
The prosecutor general’s office of Georgia has invited artists, sculptors and photographers from across the country to submit works to a competition dedicated to combating femicide and violence against women.
A man has been charged with premediated murder and violation of a restraining order after stabbing his girlfriend in the presence of her three underage children on Sunday in the eastern Kakheti region city of Telavi, the prosecutor’s office of Georgia said on Tuesday.
Georgia’s special investigation service has arrested two security police officers for domestic violence and uncovered physical and psychological violence committed by an officer against their family members, the agency announced on Friday.
Police identified 9,144 victims of domestic violence and 8,716 abusers throughout Georgia in 2020, reports the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
Residents of Georgia’s western cities of Kutaisi and Zugdidi and students of the Kutaisi-based Akaki Tsereteli State University met officials from the prosecutor general’s office on Monday to discuss measures being taken by authorities against femicide and importance of public participation in the effort.
Residents of Georgia’s western municipalities of Khelvachauri and Ozurgeti met officials from the prosecutor general’s office of Georgia on Wednesday to discuss measures being taken by the state body against femicide and importance of public awareness and involvement in the effort.
Students of Telavi State University in eastern Georgia’s Kakheti region and residents of Lagodekhi and Sagarejo municipalities were on Monday invited for a discussion on the state bodies’ work to combat femicide and public participation in the effort, the prosecutor’s office has announced.
Georgia’s interior and health ministries have joined 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an annual international campaign, with the aim of raising public awareness on the problem and promoting its prevention.
The Georgian Government is working on a bill that would tighten legislation on violence against women, Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze told Interpressnews on Monday.