2006

UN Police: Georgian policewomen’s initiative is a model for the region
January 2006 – (UN News Centre) United Nations police officials said today that they hope a recent initiative in Georgia to set up the country’s first policewomen’s association will become a model for other post-conflict countries and allow policing to become more representative of wider society.

2004

SEMINAR ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELD IN TBILISI
August 2, 2004 – (Society Institute’s Network Women’s Program) A seminar exploring the Duluth Model of coordinated community response to domestic violence took place July 29-31, 2004 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, and Ukraine attended the program, which was presented by Michael Paymar and Rose Thelen from Duluth, Minnesota, USA. The seminar was sponsored by the Open Society Institute’s Network Women’s Program, and covered creating and implementing programs for both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence. A complete outline of the seminar topics is included in the event posting.

SOUTH OSSETIA: THORN IN GEORGIA'S SIDE
August 19, 2004 - (BBC News) South Ossetia has been a de-facto independent region of Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. But earlier this year the newly elected Georgian President, Mikhail Saakashvili, pledged to bring it back under central control. Since then, tensions and clashes between Georgian and South Ossetian forces have escalated, and now there are fears the situation might descend into all-out war.

2003

WOMEN REFUGEES RELEASED HOSTAGE AND LEFT METROSTROY BUILDING SEIZED IN TBILISI
August 8, 2003 – (ITAR-TASS) Seventeen women refugees from Abkhazia who had seized a Metrostroy office in Tbilisi yesterday released a hostage and left the building in the evening. They made such a decision after they had got assurances they would be granted habitation in another building.

TBILISI CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON ROLE OF MEDIA IN PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
July 21, 2003 – (OSCE) Over 100 journalists and media experts from the Southern Caucasus, Central Asia and Baltic States gathered in Tbilisi today for a three-day international conference on the role of media in promoting gender equality.

WOMEN’S PRISON REOPENS IN TBILISI
June 17, 2003 – (ICRC) In April, an earthquake seriously damaged the women’s detention facility in Tbilisi, forcing it to close. The ICRC set about restoring adequate conditions of detention by partly repairing the accommodation, and 88 women have now returned to the prison, which has a capacity of 250.

2002

CONCLUDING CONFERENCE OF U.S. EMBASSY FUNDED WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN GEORGIA
July 10, 2002 – (Tbilisi) On July 11-13, American non-governmental organization, Project Harmony, with support from the U.S. Department of State, will hold a conference for the U.S. Embassy funded Georgian Women's Leadership Program. The conference will be dedicated to the theme of "Building Networks of Civic Leadership in Georgia." Ms. Sharon Miles, wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, will open the conference on July 11, 2002 at 10:00 with the keynote address. The conference will take place in Tabakhmela.

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