Programme News: Promoting an Integrated Approach to End Violence against Women and Enhancing Gender Equality in Georgia
Council of Europe’s recommendations to combat and prevent violence against women in Georgia discussed in Tbilisi
Council of Europe Office in Georgia and the Governmental Administration hosted on 13 February a conference to present the recommendations provided to Georgia by GREVIO, the independent expert body which monitors the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating...
Online workshops on sexual violence crimes against women in Georgia
The Office of the Public Defender in co-operation with the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, held workshops with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs , the Prosecutor’s Office and the Georgian Bar Association to discuss the main findings and recommendations of the study ”The...
Georgian prosecutors and investigators trained on sexual violence crimes
A group of 50 prosecutors and 9 investigators received their certificates for completing a 4-day specialisation training on sexual violence crimes. The series of trainings were a joint effort by the Council of Europe, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the UN Women Georgia. The participants...
Administration of Justice on Sexual Violence Crimes against Women in Georgia
On 8 December, 2020, the Public Defender of Georgia and the Council of Europe held a joint online conference and presented the findings of the study “Administration of Justice on Sexual Violence Crimes against Women in Georgia”. The research study analyses legislative gaps as well as barriers in...
Launch of the new study: Administration of Justice on Sexual Violence Crimes against Women in Georgia
On 8 December at 12:00, the Public Defender’s Office in Georgia with the support of the Council of Europe will present the findings of the first-ever study in Georgia on “Administration of Justice on Sexual Violence Crimes against Women in Georgia”. First ever in Georgia, the study examines the...
Say No to Violence against Women
The 16 days between 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and 10 December, Human Rights Day, are known as the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, a time to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the...
Georgian investigators embark on HELP distance-learning course on violence against women
The Council of Europe in co-operation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia launched the HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) online learning course on violence against women and domestic violence for 20 investigators. The HELP course offers a detailed and...
Tender for services for communication and awareness raising activities in the field of violence against women and gender equality
Purchase of national consultancy services for communication and awareness raising activities in the field of violence against women and gender equality. Deadline for submission of tenders/offers: 31 July 2020 Terms of Reference Act of Engagement
Launch of the Online sessions “Q&A on violence against women and domestic violence during COVID-19 pandemic”
The Council of Europe’s project “Promoting an Integrated Approach to End Violence against Women and Enhancing Gender Equality in Georgia” together with the Inter-agency Commission on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence is launching a series of online sessions “Q&A on...
4th edition of the HELP course on Violence against women and Domestic Violence was launched online
The Council of Europe in co-operation with the Georgian General Prosecutor’s office launched its fourth HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) online learning course on violence against women and domestic violence on April 16, 2020. The online launch served to introduce the HELP...
Call for tender for the provision of local consultancy services in the area of preventing and combating violence against women, domestic violence and gender equality in Georgia
The Council of Europe project “Promoting an Integrated Approach to End Violence against Women and Enhancing Gender Equality in Georgia” initiates a call, a competitive bidding procedure, for the provision of short-term consultancy services to build the capacity and knowledge-base of legal...
"Women in Justice, Women for Justice" - the winners of the essay competition were announced
On 10th of March, the essay competition “Women in Justice, Women for Justice” winners were announced. Encouraging the students and celebrating this day with them was a joint initiative of the Georgia Office of the Council of Europe, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals, the Association of Women Judges...
Essay competition: Women in Justice, Women for Justice
To celebrate the International Day of Women Judges, on the initiative of the Bureau of Chairperson of Tbilisi Court of Appeal, in cooperation with the Association of Women Judges of Georgia and the High School of Justice, with the support of the Council of Europe project "Promoting an integrated...
Promoting gender equality at DataFest Tbilisi 2022
This year for the second year in a row, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia was one of the partners of DataFest Tbilisi 2022. Council of Europe expert, Artificial Intelligence (AI) PhD, Gunay Kazimzade was one of the speakers of the festival and talked about gender biases in artificial...
Promoting human rights and equality together with Tbilisi Open Air festival
The Council of Europe Office in Georgia teamed up together with the Tbilisi Open Air festival. In addition to the quality musical programme, this year the visitors of Tbilisi Open Air festival also had a chance to discover more about equality and non-discrimination at the Human Rights Corner set...
First group of Georgian Judges trained on Administration of Justice on Sexual Violence Crimes
20 Georgian judges from city courts and courts of appeal successfully completed a 2-day pilot training on the administration of justice on sexual violence cases. Participants acquired advanced knowledge on sexual violence crimes with a gender-based perspective in accordance with the Istanbul...
A first group of court representatives in Georgia trained on HELP course on violence against women and domestic violence
20 successful participants received their certificates of completion for the HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) course on violence against women and domestic violence. The 3-months online HELP course was jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the High School of Justice....
Conference on Ending Violence against Women: Time for Action held in Tbilisi
The Embassy of Italy in Tbilisi and the Office of the Council of Europe in Georgia in cooperation with the Government of Georgia organised a conference aimed at raising awareness and fostering action to end violence against women and girls. The conference was organised in the context of the...
Conference on Ending Violence against Women: Time for Action
The Embassy of Italy in Tbilisi and the Office of the Council of Europe in Georgia in cooperation with the government of Georgia will organise a hybrid event on 25 March to raise awareness and foster an action to end violence against women and girls. Italy currently holds the Presidency of the...
Launch of an online course for the court staff on combatting violence against women and domestic violence in Georgia
24 Georgian judges and assistants to judges attended the launch of the Council of Europe HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) course to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence. This is this the first HELP course launched in co-operation with the High...
