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Georgian sex ed classes will be ‘opt in’, promises author of Child’s Rights Code

Other changes to the draft Code on the Rights of the Child included references to ‘homeland’ and ‘traditional cultural values’.

Georgian sex ed classes will be ‘opt in’, promises author of Child’s Rights Code

Other changes to the draft Code on the Rights of the Child included references to ‘homeland’ and ‘traditional cultural values’.

Striking Georgian social workers demand meeting with Prime Minister

As an overwhelming number of Georgian social workers strike, the government maintains social programs and provision of services are not in danger.

Striking Georgian social workers demand meeting with Prime Minister

As an overwhelming number of Georgian social workers strike, the government maintains social programs and provision of services are not in danger.

Angry protesters block officials from HPP meeting in Georgia’s Svaneti

The government-organised meeting planned to discuss the environmental impact assessment report of a hydropower plant project in the region.

Angry protesters block officials from HPP meeting in Georgia’s Svaneti

The government-organised meeting planned to discuss the environmental impact assessment report of a hydropower plant project in the region.

Voice | ‘We still believed that he was alive and that he would come back one day’

Lika Managadze, whose father died during conflict in Abkhazia, reflects on her memories of her father and how the war shaped the course of her life.

Voice | ‘We still believed that he was alive and that he would come back one day’

Lika Managadze, whose father died during conflict in Abkhazia, reflects on her memories of her father and how the war shaped the course of her life.

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

Staff from the Social Services Agency are demanding more resources and better working conditions.

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

Staff from the Social Services Agency are demanding more resources and better working conditions.

Georgia to toughen laws on child-sex offenders

A new government bill would restrict the rights of convicted sex offenders on their release as well as create a child-sex offenders registry.

Georgia to toughen laws on child-sex offenders

A new government bill would restrict the rights of convicted sex offenders on their release as well as create a child-sex offenders registry.

Analysis | Parents think Georgia’s schools are fine. But are students actually learning?

Polling by CRRC Georgia suggests parents are happy with the quality of schooling in Georgia, but international testing scores and reliance on private tutors suggest otherwise.

Analysis | Parents think Georgia’s schools are fine. But are students actually learning?

By CRRC

Polling by CRRC Georgia suggests parents are happy with the quality of schooling in Georgia, but international testing scores and reliance on private tutors suggest otherwise.

New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions

Under the new bill, Georgian Orthodox priests would be the only people eligible to defer military service for religious reasons.

New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions

Under the new bill, Georgian Orthodox priests would be the only people eligible to defer military service for religious reasons.

Opinion | Everything that makes Tbilisi ‘exciting’ is just a façade  

The social injustice and poverty generated by Georgia’s capitalist transformation is disguised in the capital by a façade of development.

Opinion | Everything that makes Tbilisi ‘exciting’ is just a façade  

By Bakar Berekashvili

The social injustice and poverty generated by Georgia’s capitalist transformation is disguised in the capital by a façade of development.

Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’

Georgia’s Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, which is examining his body, has so far found no evidence of violence.

Georgian national detained in Abkhazia ‘commits suicide’

Georgia’s Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, which is examining his body, has so far found no evidence of violence.

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