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Georgian Dream–backed sexual harassment bill put before parliament

A new bill initiated by the Parliament’s Gender Equality Council is seeking to make sexual harassment an administrative offence.

Georgian Dream–backed sexual harassment bill put before parliament

A new bill initiated by the Parliament’s Gender Equality Council is seeking to make sexual harassment an administrative offence.

To change the system from within or without — the dilemma for feminists in ‘New Armenia’

A debate is raging within the country’s feminist circles: how best to transform Armenia's patriarchal systems?

To change the system from within or without — the dilemma for feminists in ‘New Armenia’

By Knar Khudoyan

A debate is raging within the country’s feminist circles: how best to transform Armenia's patriarchal systems?

Georgian Public Defender: Devdariani sexually harassed three women

Allegations of harassment and sexual assault against the former head of local NGO CiDA emerged in March.

Georgian Public Defender: Devdariani sexually harassed three women

Allegations of harassment and sexual assault against the former head of local NGO CiDA emerged in March.

Voices of Georgian emigrants — ‘They treated us like dogs’

Three women who braved landmines, hidden containers, and frozen seas in search for a better future in Greece.

Voices of Georgian emigrants — ‘They treated us like dogs’

Three women who braved landmines, hidden containers, and frozen seas in search for a better future in Greece.

Voice | ‘I’m a second wife and I don’t care what you think’

A 35-year-old woman from Makhachkala tells Daptar that becoming a second wife is a dream come true.

Voice | ‘I’m a second wife and I don’t care what you think’

A 35-year-old woman from Makhachkala tells Daptar that becoming a second wife is a dream come true.

‘If she goes out — her relatives will kill her’

Men who kill their female relatives over ‘immoral behaviour’ are rarely brought to justice.

‘If she goes out — her relatives will kill her’

By Daptar

Men who kill their female relatives over ‘immoral behaviour’ are rarely brought to justice.

Age discrimination in Armenia: why women turn to plastic surgery to find work

A lack of legal protection means employers are free to discriminate against female applicants based on their age or how they look.

Age discrimination in Armenia: why women turn to plastic surgery to find work

By Armine Avetisyan

A lack of legal protection means employers are free to discriminate against female applicants based on their age or how they look.

Voice from Dedoplistskaro | ‘I dreamed of seeing a child protection hotline and calling it’

Sopio Jeterishvili, 19, talks of growing up with a violent and abusive father, and how she finally escaped.

Voice from Dedoplistskaro | ‘I dreamed of seeing a child protection hotline and calling it’

Sopio Jeterishvili, 19, talks of growing up with a violent and abusive father, and how she finally escaped.

Devdariani labels sexual harassment allegations ‘gossip’ and vows to sue eight women

The former head of Georgian non-governmental organisation CiDA said he would file the case in court on Friday.

Devdariani labels sexual harassment allegations ‘gossip’ and vows to sue eight women

The former head of Georgian non-governmental organisation CiDA said he would file the case in court on Friday.