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Georgian Dream–backed sexual harassment bill put before parliament

7 February 2019 by OC Media

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…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: georgia, parliament, sexual harassment, women's rights, zviad devdariani

Women’s groups slam Zurabishvili for appointing man who ‘normalised sexual harassment’

21 December 2018 by OC Media

Dimitri Gabunia (Admin­is­tra­tion of President)

Georgia’s first woman president Salome Zura­bishvili has come under fire from women’s groups for appoint­ing as her par­lia­men­tary secretary a man who ‘portrayed sexual harass­ment as almost the norm’. The groups cited comments made by Dimitri Gabunia while rep­re­sent­ing former NGO-head Zviad Dev­dar­i­ani, who has been accused of sexual harass­ment and sexual assault by around dozen women. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: devdariani, dimitri gabunia, feminists, gabunia, georgia, georgian dream, human rights, president, Salome Zurabishvili, zviad devdariani

Georgian Public Defender: Devdariani sexually harassed three women

7 November 2018 by OC Media

Zviad Dev­dar­i­ani (GPB)

The Public Defender of Georgia has found that Zviad Dev­dar­i­ani, the former head of local non-gov­ern­men­tal organ­i­sa­tion CiDA, sexually harassed three women. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: cida, georgia, public defender, sexual harassment, women's rights, zviad devdariani

‘Sex pest’ NGO head resigns in Georgia

23 March 2018 by OC Media

Zviad Dev­dar­i­ani (CiDA)

Zviad Dev­dar­i­ani, the head of a prominent Georgian non-gov­ern­men­tal organ­i­sa­tion and an outspoken supporter of women’s rights has resigned, after alle­ga­tions of sexual harass­ment and sexual assault emerged against him.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: cida, georgia, ngo, sexual assault, sexual harassment, zviad devdariani

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