UN Joint Program on Gender Equality in Georgia III 2022-2026
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The contribution constitute phase III of the Sida-funded UN joint program for gender equality in Georgia, which is implemented by UN women, UNDP and UNFPA in collaboration with the Gender Equality Council of the Georgian Parliament, the Inter-Agency Commission on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence Issues, a representative of the Publ...
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The contribution constitute phase III of the Sida-funded UN joint program for gender equality in Georgia, which is implemented by UN women, UNDP and UNFPA in collaboration with the Gender Equality Council of the Georgian Parliament, the Inter-Agency Commission on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence Issues, a representative of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia and Georgian civil society organizations. The overall objective of the program is to promote gender equality and women's empowerment in Georgia. This by strengthening the capacity of executive, legislative and judicial national institutions and authorities at both central and local level; by strengthening civil society's capacity and commitment to work for gender equality and by increasing public awareness and knowledge of gender equality and human rights. The program has a broad and holistic approach focused on simultaneously achieving change on three levels; the normative, the institutional and at grassroots level. Activities includes the following thematic areas: women's political participation, women's economic empowerment, elimination of violence against women and girls, sexual and reproductive health and rights as well as the situation and rights of LGBTQI persons.
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Results 2024 (and first part of 2025) 1) The study Men, Women, and Gender Relations in Georgia: Public Perceptions and Attitudes is commissioned by UNDP and UNFPA. This study offers a comprehensive framework for analysing men's and women's attitudes and behaviours on a wide range of gender equality issues. The third edition of this study provides a 12 year perspective. The 2024 study surveyed 2,408 respondents and held focus group discussions across five regions of Georgia. A couple of interesting findings of this study is for example that household chores in Georgia are still largely divided by gender. Women continue to shoulder the primary responsibility for tasks like childcare, cooking, and cleaning. Six out of ten women report that childcare is primarily their duty, a view shared by half of the male respondents. Another example is that 47% of women and 69% of men think that men should have the ultimate decision-making power in the household and that a wife should not challenge this role. 2) UNJP4GE and the Bank of Georgia (BOG) continued their cooperation the Women Entrepreneurs' Development Programme (WEDP). The new call for applications yielded 1,000 responses, indicating a growing national interest in the programme. In 2024, WEDP welcomed four new cohorts of 60 women entrepreneurs representing startups and small enterprises nationwide. Through workshops, participants gained skills and knowledge in traditional and digital marketing, financial management, business plan development, human rights, and AI tools for business. In the reporting year, WEDP also welcomed 12 women entrepreneurs from Abkhazia. 3) Under UNJP4GE, the active engagement of men and boys in advancing gender equality and women's empowerment remains a priority for UNFPA. The MenCare Georgia Campaign is a part of a global fatherhood initiative which promotes mens involvement as equitable, nonviolent caregivers. The Global Boyhood Initiative aims to shift norms around masculinity by fostering respect, empathy, and gender equality among boys from an early age. Both initiatives were successfully implemented, with 15 interactive sessions held in public and private schools across Tbilisi. In total 320 boys gained new knowledge on positive masculinity, respectful relationships, and gender equality. For the ninth consecutive year, Fathers Day was marked by a video project featuring interviews with fathers and grandfathers, highlighting evolving perspectives on fatherhood and the value of gender equitable parenting. Additionally, a new cycle of the Fathers School was launched in Tbilisi, engaging 13 participants in structured discussions on gender responsive parenting, emotional involvement, and challenging traditional gender norms. Results 2023 The narrative report for 2023 gives a number of interesting results: Thanks to UNJP4GE advocacy efforts and technical assistance, together with others, Georgia doubled the amount of compensation for maternity, parental, newborn adoption and additional parental leave for formally employed women from GEL 1,000 to GEL 2,000, benefiting around 14 000 women during 2023. UNJP4GE contributed to the improvement of the institutionalized training curricula for prosecutors, investigators and lawyers. The results is that 405 professionals enhanced their capacities to handle cases involving gender baseed violence. In order to promote zero tolerance for the practice of violence against women in sports, the INJP4GE has worked with Georgia Rugby Union (GRU). They have introduced a mechanism to prevent and eradicate sexual harassment within the organization. This makes the GRU the first sports federation in the country to have an internal sexual harassment prevention mechanism. UNJP4GE also supported the development of the National Action Plan for the Protection of Human Rights, making sure that some specifically important areas were included, for example harmful practices of child marriage and son preference, and addressing the rights of older persons. UNJP4GE also increased the capacity of the Public Defender's Office to regularly monitor sexual and reproductive health and the wellbeing of women and girls in the country. UNJP4GE has addressed the needs of vulnerable groups through strategic litigation. During 2023, the team supported 54 litigation cases and provision of more than 140 legal aid consultations. The areas include discrimination, LGBTIQ rights and ethnic minority rights. This leads to increased knowledge of the judiciary branch on gender equality, harassment, discrimination and matters of diversity and inclusion. UNJP4GE contributed to the improvement of the training curricula for prosecutors, investigators and lawyers, in order to increase the capacities of service providers to victims from domestic violence. During 2023, a total of 405 professionals enhanced their capacities, including 18 judges, 21 judicial assistants, 101 prosecutors and prosecutorial managers, 36 victim and witness coordinators of the Prosecutors Office of Georgia, 127 investigators, 18 midlevel managers of the Ministry of Internal affairs (MIA), 56 investigators of the Special Investigation Service (SIS) and 28 lawyers.
The overall objective of the intervention is to create and enabling environment for gender equality and women's empowerment by means of strengthening capacities of government at both central and local levels and across the executive, legislative and judicial branches, engaging civil society and raising public awareness about gender equality. The goal will be achieved through the following three objectives: 1) Legislative and policy frameworks further enhanced towards political and economic empowerment of women, ending violence against women, eradication of harmful practices, enhancement of sexual and reproductive health and rights, and rights of the LGBTQI community 2) National institutions have greater capacities to deliver on Georgia's commitments around women's economic and political empowerment, ending violence against women, eradication of harmful practices, enhancement of sexual and reproductive health and rights, and rights of the LGBTQI community 3) Rights-holders have greater capacity and opportunities to advance women's rights, diversity and inclusion and become leaders for bottom-up social change towards greater gender equality, social inclusion and human rights
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