Issue of personal documentation and citizenship is quite problematic in Pankisi Gorge, which appears to make difficulties for the children as well. Some of them faced problems regarding graduation exams.
Women’s Information Center, with the support of US Agency for International Development (USAID), and in cooperation with Taso Foundation, Association of Young Economists of Georgia, Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and women’s organization based in Gali district, is implementing the project “Women as agents for change and empowerment”.
Gender institutional mechanism and women’s coalition
Women’s Information Center, together with British charitable organization Oxfam, has started implementation of the second phase of the project “Sustaining gender justice through enhancing women’s political engagement”.
New York, 10-21 March 2014. People of the world interested in women’s issues are keeping an eye on events and waiting for the final conclusions to be published by the 58th Session of UN Commission on the Status of Women. These conclusions will determine a new line in improvement of women’s status. The main topics are Millennium Development Goals, challenges and post-2015 agenda. UN member states, UN Agencies and accredited NGOs having ECOSOC status are talking on progress and challenges worldwide.
In return, on 16 June 2014, we received a letter from the Ministry stating that Anna Kutateladze has been appointed as Gender Advisor of the Minister. Women’s Information Center once again expressed hope that such close cooperation with the Ministry will have a continuous character, thus contributing to the development of gender institutional mechanisms at the local level.
Women’s Information Center, in cooperation with Gender Equality Council and World Vision, held a presentation of the report on gender evaluation research. Research covered the following fields: political participation and governance, gender and media, distribution of roles, healthcare, education, labour market, violence against women, human trafficking, etc. Document reflects actual situation in Georgia in terms of gender and emphasizes that domestic violence remains one of the main problems. Author of the research is Elene Rusetskaia.
