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Georgian Dream–backed sexual harassment bill put before parliament

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A 2017 ‘Take Back the Night’ rally demanding leg­is­la­tion against sexual harass­ment (Dato Parulava / OC Media)

Sexual harass­ment in public and at work will become an admin­is­tra­tive offence in Georgia if a new bill initiated by the Parliament’s Gender Equality Council is passed. [Read more…]

Two women suing former Georgian Public Registry head for sexual harassment

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Papuna Ugrekhe­lidze (/ipress.ge)

Two former employees are suing the former chair of Georgia’s Public Registry for sexaul harass­ment. Papuna Ugrekhe­lidze resigned on Tuesday after media reports citing similar claims of harass­ment from another former employee, Eka Meskhidze. [Read more…]

Head of Georgian Public Registry resigns over sexual harassment allegations

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Papuna Ugrekhe­lidze (/ipress.ge)

Papuna Ugrekhe­lidze, the Chair of Georgia’s Public Registry, has resigned over sexual harass­ment alle­ga­tions from former employees. He dismissed the accu­sa­tions as revenge for firing the husband of one of his accusers, and has vowed to sue her. [Read more…]

Women’s march in Tbilisi after far-right rape threats

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Women’s March on 19 July in Tbilisi (Luka Pertaia/OC Media)

Around 150 people gathered on Tbilisi’s Agh­mashenebe­li Avenue on 19 July, in sol­i­dar­i­ty with a woman who was threat­ened with gang rape after crit­i­cis­ing a far-right march in the city. Agh­mashenebe­li was recently host to the ethno-nation­al­ist, male-dominated ‘March of Georgians’.

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