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Georgian social workers to begin strike after negotiations with Health Ministry break down

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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(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’

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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

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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.

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