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Gender Equality and Diversity Month in Georgia

by mariam.mtivlishvili
March 4, 2022
in Highlights, Social & Society
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Gender Equality and Diversity Month in Georgia

Source of image: Nino Zedginidze/UNDP

UNDP and Sweden are launching a month-long campaign to push for human rights, diversity, gender equality and women’s empowerment

 

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Government of Sweden join hands with Georgia’s Government, Parliament, civil society, UN agencies and other partners to stress the critical importance of upholding human rights, achieving meaningful gender equality and respecting diversity.

The month-long campaign will focus on recognizing emerging challenges and presenting solutions for building a fair, just and equal society.

The events and initiatives include:

  • Research launch: ‘Gender Equality in Georgia: Barriers and Recommendations – 2021’.
  • Conferences on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
  • The first enrolment to the Women Entrepreneurs’ Development Program, established in partnership with the Bank of Georgia.
  • Presentation of “To Be a Woman”, an educational board game about equality and diversity.
  • Inter-party discussions at the local level to enhance women’s political participation.
  • Training sessions for women councilors, Mayors and Deputy Mayors.
  • Signing the Memorandum of Understanding with the Labor Inspection Office. Launch of the Contact Center to raise labor rights awareness among vulnerable social groups, including women and girls.
  • A community-based campaign highlighting the historic role Peri-Khan Sofieva, the first Muslim woman democratically elected to Georgia’s local governance in 1918 and allegedly the first Mulsim woman to be elected formally anywhere in the world.
  • Workshops in advocacy and political participation for women, including representatives of minority groups.
  • Workshops for young leaders from across Georgia.

Follow the campaign on @UNDPGeorgia, hashtags: #breakthebias, #embracediversity

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