Women's Information Center, along with our colleagues and friends, responds to the incident that occurred in the Parliament of Georgia on October 31, when members of the parliamentary majority verbally insulted female deputies
More than 600 nurses worldwide have died from Covid-19, and more than 230,000 health care workers have contracted the virus, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said |
Three new projects implemented by civil society partners will work across the country with victims of domestic violence, IDPs, and persons with disabilities |
New analysis from Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that without urgent action, the number of children living in poor households across low- and middle-income countries could increase by 15 per cent, to reach 672 million |
It was important to “categorically condemn” violence against women and girls, which is on the rise, he said, and “support shared principles of partnership, equality, respect and compassion” |
In South Ossetia, the first case of coronavirus infection was detected in a man who entered the republic on April 30 from the Russian Federation. |
An estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019 – some of them for years, UNICEF said in a new report |
Kingdom has one of the world’s highest rates of execution and rights groups have repeatedly raised concerns about the fairness of trials |
The pandemic of COVID-19 affected the Georgian farmers. A recent research of Georgian Farmers’ Association describes the key challenges farmers face in this uncertain time |
Five of the topics covered in this report illustrate particularly well the ongoing backlash in Europe: the growing political and societal acceptance of racism; the disregard of the human rights of migrants and refugees; the threats to women’s rights; the repression of dissent; and the erosion of judicial independence |
The report on measures implemented by Government of Georgia against COVID-19 says nothing about consultations with gender experts, women entrepreneurs, etc. throughout the drafting of the aforementioned anti-crisis policy document, which in turn is problematic and raises legitimate questions about the gender sensitivity of the action plan itself.
Three new projects implemented by civil society partners will work across the country with victims of domestic violence, IDPs, and persons with disabilities