Authorities meet gender-based violence survivors within int’l campaign
Supported by the United Nations women’s organisation, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence aims to raise public awareness against gender-based and domestic violence. Photo from Georgian health ministry's Facebook page.
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Georgian deputy interior and health ministers Aleksandre Darakhvelidze and Tamila Barkalaia on Thursday met female survivors within the ongoing 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence international campaign to provide them with information on their rights and public support services.
The Georgian health ministry cited Darakhvelidze as saying hearing views of female victims of violence on the issue had been of “great importance” in the meeting, adding it enabled responsible authorities and state bodies to have a “clear view” on their future steps in combating the issue.
Photo from Georgian health ministry's Facebook page
Participants of the event had the opportunity to receive information about state services, as well as plans of the state care and assistance agency for victims of human trafficking.
Nino Veltauri, the director of the state agency for employment promotion, also delivered information to meeting participants on state programmes for employment promotion.
Supported by the United Nations women’s organisation, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence aims to raise public awareness against gender-based and domestic violence.
Women's movement and solidarity groups, social movements and civil activists gathered at a rally, protesting sexual violence against women, on Friday, on the international day for the elimination of violence against women.
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 on Friday said it had joined the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the event marked worldwide since 1991 to raise awareness over the problem.
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.
The ambassadors of the European Union and the United States to Georgia, Paweł Herczyński and Robin Dunnigan on Saturday highlighted their work together with the Georgian Government and other relevant authorities to combat gender-based violence in the country on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
The Georgian Government on Saturday said it joined the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the event marked worldwide since 1991 to raise awareness over the problem.
The United Nations in Georgia, the European Union Delegation to the country, the OSCE and NATO Liaison Office, as well as the embassies to Georgia, on Saturday called for action “to end violence against women and girls in all its forms”, including sexual harassment and abuse to child marriage and femicide.