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Despite a new law being passed to tackle domestic violence in 2018, women’s rights groups say not enough is being done. [Read more…]
‘I keep silent and put up with it’ — surviving domestic violence in Armenia
Georgian social workers to begin strike after negotiations with Health Ministry break down
Social workers held press-conference and announced about the strike on 21 March . (Tabula)
Georgia’s social workers will begin a strike on Monday after negotiations with the Ministry of Health failed to achieve a resolution to their complaints. Staff from the Social Services Agency are demanding more resources and better working conditions. [Read more…]
Child services blamed after 4-year-old ‘beat to death by mother’ in Tbilisi
Toys and candles laid in front of the Chancellery of Georgian Government to mourn the deceased 4-year-old. (Liberali.ge)
Four social workers have been fired and the head of social programmes at Georgia’s Social Services has resigned after a four-year-old was allegedly beaten to death by her mother despite a restraining order. Children’s rights groups blamed an ‘inefficient child protection system’ while social workers said they did not have enough resources. [Read more…]
Queer people in Georgia ‘completely defenceless’ against domestic violence
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia on 17 May 2017 (Mari Nikuradze /OC Media)
Queer people in Georgia are ‘completely defenceless’ against domestic violence, a recent study conducted by Georgian rights group the Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC) has found. The study said this frequently results in victims being forced to leave their homes and impacts their education and careers, contributing to homelessness. [Read more…]
‘If she goes out — her relatives will kill her’
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‘A woman should know her place. A woman should show love to us all. A woman is property, and she belongs to a man. If a woman walks around naked, or if she does not behave properly, she answers to her husband, her father, and her brother. According to our customs, if a woman goes out too freely, her relatives will kill her… That’s how it happens. A brother kills his sister, a husband kills his wife… But as President, I cannot allow them to be killed. So, women shouldn’t wear shorts.’ [Read more…]
Voice from Dedoplistskaro | ‘I dreamed of seeing a child protection hotline and calling it’
Sopio Jeterishvili (Salome Sagharadze /Women of Georgia)
‘I think that if a person really wants to do something, if it’s in their soul, they can do it. I’ve wanted to be independent since I was a child. I made several attempts at it. I escaped from home a few times. I don’t know why but since very early childhood, when I was so little, I already knew I didn’t want to live in that house, where they don’t love you and you don’t love them.’ [Read more…]
Man pardoned for domestic violence arrested for ‘murdering stepdaughter’ in Tbilisi
(Kvira.ge)
A man previously convicted of domestic violence but released after receiving a presidential pardon has been arrested for the murder of his stepdaughter on Tbilisi’s Barnovi Street on Friday. According to police, Vepkhia Bakradze cut the throat of his stepdaughter on the street in front of her two children, both below the age of 14. [Read more…]
Georgian police issue restraining orders against ‘domestic violence victim’
Dea Goshkheteliani (Facebook)
Georgian police have issued two restraining orders against a woman who says she was subjected to domestic violence, after her ex-husband’s family claimed her posts on Facebook were offensive. [Read more…]
Domestic violence in Abkhazia: an unspoken truth
Police question Madina’s husband and searches the house for drugs (Marianna Kotova/ OC Media)
There is no law on domestic violence in Abkhazia — everything that happens within the confines of the home is considered private. But NGOs and charities working with battered women are fighting back, arguing that a such a law is crucial for protecting women.
Georgian police ‘covered up domestic violence’
Conference of the Coalition for Equality (Dato Parulava /OC Media)
Two Georgian women have accused police of failing to effectively investigate crimes committed against them by their partners, because of connections they have with government bodies. [Read more…]
