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Georgian social workers forced to pay for taxis to visit domestic abuse victims
Social workers in Georgia are being forced to pay for taxi services from their own pocket in order to visit beneficiaries, including victims of domestic abuse. On 13 April, the Union of Social Workers released a joint statement with the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre, a local rights group, calling on the Health Ministry to resolve the issue and provide social workers with transportation. ‘The efficient work of social workers might have a crucial role in saving people facing agg