The Parliament endorsed the State Concept of Economic Empowerment of Women with 78 votes, which is related to the priorities determined by the Georgia-EU association agenda.
The concept defines the following directions: 1. Equal access to economic resources; 2. Enhancing the gender-sensitive legal framework; 3. Improvement of public sector procurement and employment practices; 4. Improvement of employment practices in the private sector; 5. Recognition, reduction, and distribution of unpaid and care work; 6. Encouraging the formalization of economic activities of women employed in the shadow economy; 7. Struggle with contradictory social norms.
The concept was signed by representatives of the parliamentary majority and members of the opposition political group.
