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Georgian kindergarten agency responds to backlash over new menu

30 January 2018 by OC Media

(szs.gov.ge)

Recent changes to meals offered in Georgian kinder­gartens have been backed by Tbilisi’s Kinder­garten Agency as well as UNICEF, in the face of resis­tance from some parents.

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Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: food, food safety, georgia, kindergartens, malnutrition, nutrition

Hidden hunger: Georgia’s creeping epidemic

15 January 2018 by Nana Takvarelia

(Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)

​Nana Tak­vare­lia is a food security advocate, formerly with Oxfam South Caucasus.

Many see Georgian food as unhealthy; dishes full of melted cheese, butter, and large portions of fatty meats seem like the perfect recipe for a heart attack. But the country’s dietary problems go far beyond tra­di­tion­al cuisine; it’s struc­tur­al problems — inequal­i­ty, a lack of long term vision in policy, and nutri­tion­al illit­er­a­cy — that are driving Georgia’s deadly hidden hunger. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Opinion & Analysis, Top Tagged With: diet, dietary problems, food, food safety, georgia, malnutrition, nutrition, undernutrition

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No defence in Chechnya: Oyub Titiyev and the grim future of human rights in Russia’s North Caucasus

No defence in Chechnya: Oyub Titiyev and the grim future of human rights in Russia’s North Caucasus

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Analysis | Ten years after a deadly crackdown in Armenia, will history repeat itself?

Analysis | Ten years after a deadly crackdown in Armenia, will history repeat itself?

23 April 2018 By Peter Liakhov

On 1 March 2008, 10 people died when police broke up protests. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan is now once again raising the spectre of 1 March.

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