Preventing and Combating Violence against Women in Georgia (2018-2019)

The project aimed at strengthening the capacity of key stakeholders involved in preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.

The Council of Europe focuses on increasing the knowledge of professionals and facilitating exchanges and promising practices in the implementation of European standards, in particular, the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The project contributes to the implementation of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Georgia 2016-2019.
The project aimed to:
- Enhance the quality of the judicial response to cases of violence against women and domestic violence in line with the standards of the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention through trainings, peer-to-peer exchanges and expert support to prosecutors and legal professionals.
- Strengthen the knowledge of officials and non-governmental organisations on European standards, notably the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention, related to violence against women and domestic violence through a research study, targeted events/workshops, dissemination of relevant materials and by providing technical expertise.
- Raise awareness on the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention and its standards among relevant stakeholders.

The Chief Prosecutor's Office
The Public Defender's Office
The Supreme Court
The project additionally co-operated with different state institutions, non-governmental organisations and international and donor organisations working in the field of combating violence against women and domestic violence.



The project was implemented by
the Capacity Building and Co-operation Projects Unit at the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division
Sara HAAPALAINEN, Policy Adviser, Project Manager
together with
the Council of Europe Office in Tbilisi
Tea MACHAIDZE, Senior Project Officer
Nino MACHKHANELI, Project Assistant

- Co-operation projects
- HELP online course on violence against women and domestic violence
- Co-operation Newsroom
- Co-operation with the EEA and Norway Grants
- PGG: Strengthening access to justice for women victims of violence (2015-2018)
- PGG II: Women's Access to Justice (2019-2022)
- Preventing and Combating Violence against Women in Armenia (2018)
- The Path towards Armenia's Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
- Raising Bosnia and Herzegovina's institutional capacity to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence (2019)
- Preventing and Combating Violence against Women in Georgia (2018-2019)
- Reinforcing the fight against violence against women and domestic violence in Kosovo* (Phase II), 2019 -2021
- Co-operation on the implementation of the Russian Federation National Action Strategy for Women 2017–2022 (2019-2020)
- The Istanbul Convention: a tool to advance in fighting violence against women and domestic violence in Ukraine (2018-2020)
- Co-operation with Southern Mediterranean countries
- Promoting an Integrated Approach to End Violence against Women and Enhancing Gender Equality in Georgia (2020-2022)
- Awareness-raising Activities on the Istanbul Convention in the Republic of Moldova (2020-2021)
- Fostering a comprehensive institutional response to violence against women and domestic violence in Turkey
- Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan
- Combating Violence Against Women in Ukraine (COVAW)
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- Reinforcing the fight against violence against women and domestic violence in Kosovo* (phase III)
- Cooperation for the implementation of the Russian Federation National Action Strategy for Women: applying best practices
- Fostering women’s access to justice in Türkiye
- Supporting the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in the Republic of Moldova
- Ending violence against women: multi-country programme
- Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention: methodology and toolkit for civil society organisations