(UNICEF Georgia)
High levels of lead have been found among children in Georgia in a nation-wide study from UNICEF. [Read more…]
High lead levels found among children in Georgia
Georgian sex ed classes will be ‘opt in’, promises author of Child’s Rights Code
Sopo Kiladze speaking about the child's rights code at a CoE-organised discussion in Tbilisi on 21 March. (parliament.ge)
Parents in Georgia will have to opt-in to new sex education classes for their children, the head of parliament’s human rights committee Sopo Kiladze has said.
Ultra-conservatives in Georgia protest UNICEF-supported Children’s Rights Code
(Georgian Idea/Facebook)
Several dozen ultra-conservative activists gathered on Sunday in front of the UN House in central Tbilisi to protest the UN’s ‘advocacy of values foreign to Georgia’. [Read more…]
Georgian street children are ‘used as shields’ in crimes
(Ⓒ 2013 Maia Shalashvili)
Street children in Georgia lack access to education and healthcare, a new study by UNICEF has found. According to the study, there are places in Georgia known for criminal activities that involve children, but untouched by authorities.
