Civil activist Samira Bairamova is one of those rare women who went against long-standing customs at the expense of her own life and now defends the rights of other girls. Samira is a lawyer and sociologist. Now she is employed at the organization “Mercy Corps” on the position of Results Measurement Officer. Samira is the founder of the non-gove…

Mariam Buchukuri is the head of the organization Shida Kartli Community Foundation for Peace and Development. Mariam has been a community worker since 2010. She implements numerous projects for women’s empowerment. * * * I am originally from the village of Tirdznisi, Gori Municipality. Tirdznisi is just a few kilometers away from Ergneti. Liv…

Community Radio Marneuli has been broadcasting since 2015. The radio covers Marneuli Municipality, Azerbaijani villages of Bolnisi Municipality and the part of Tetritskaro. The radio gave a chance to every representative of the community to freely express personal opinions and managed to modify the existing environment due to the freedom of speech.…

One in seven women in Georgia experience domestic violence, the National Study on Violence against Women finds. The study was prepared jointly by UN Women and the National Statistics Office of Georgia. The study findings indicate that the women and men in Georgia still show a high degree of acceptance towards the violence against women…