Justice Ministry purchases items created by female convicts on Int’l Women’s Day
The release from the agency also noted the move was also aimed at contributing to the rehabilitation of convicts along with their employment, adding it has been supporting the employment of convicts since 2020 and pledging to continue the implementation of “similar initiatives” in the future. Photo: The Vocational Training and Retraining Centre of Convicts
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The Georgian Justice Ministry has purchased handmade items created by female inmates, as well as flowers grown by them, on International Women’s Day on Tuesday, the Vocational Training and Retraining Centre of Convicts announced on Tuesday.
A total of 5,300 flowers grown and 1,200 bracelets handcrafted by convicts in Rustavi Prison No.5, located outside capital Tbilisi, were purchased by various agencies of the Ministry to provide “additional income” to the prisoners, the Centre said.
The release from the agency also noted the move was also aimed at contributing to the rehabilitation of convicts along with their employment, adding it has been supporting the employment of convicts since 2020 and pledging to continue the implementation of “similar initiatives” in the future.
Georgia is celebrating International Women’s Day, a national holiday in the country, on Tuesday. The occasion commemorates the women’s rights movement and is associated with the idea of emancipation of women and their struggle for social, political, economic and labour rights.
The day used to be mainly celebrated by states of the Socialist bloc until its adoption in 1975 - the International Year of Women - by the United Nations. First celebrated in the United States on February 28, 1909, in 1910 International Women's Day was established in Copenhagen at the International Conference of Socialist Women at the initiative of German feminist, socialist and Communist leader Clara Zetkin.
Today Georgia celebrates International Women’s Day. This day is celebrated on March 8 every year to commemorate the movement for women's rights. While the first observance of Women's Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Women's Conference to become International Women's Day.
Handmade craft items made by inmates, probationers and former prisoners in Georgia are being presented at the Micam & Mipel Milano exhibition for the first time between Sunday and Wednesday with the support of Georgia’s export promotion agency Enterprise Georgia.