4th European Women Rectors Conference

Prepared by Giuli Alasania and Manana SanadzeThe University of GeorgiaTbilisi, Georgia

Women in Georgia

Number of population of Georgia

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The first steps on the Gender Equality

• Law on “Gender Equality” adopted in 2006 and 2010• Establishment of Gender Equality Council• National Action Plan for 2011-2013 is responding the

UN Security Council Resolution 1325 obligations• National Action Plan for 2011-2013 provides for:

• provision of extensive active participation of women in peace-making process

• Provision of women’s motivation to assume the governmental positions

• Promotion of consideration of gender aspects• Enhancement of economic potential of women• etc

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Number of Members of the Parliament of Georgia

Number of Professors in HEI

Some Facts about the University of Georgia

• Founded in 2004 by two women professors as a multidiscipline university

• UG owns shares of Georgian American University, UG has its own secondary school, UG Batumi branch founded in 2009

• UG is first HEI among post-soviet states which got Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) financing to develop its infrastructure.

Women at The University of Georgia

Staff

women 65%Men 35%

Students

Women 54%Men 46%

UG Schools

• School of Economics, Business and Management

• School of Social Sciences

• School of Law

• School of Humanities

• School of Mathematics, IT and Engineering

• School of Public Health and Health Sciences

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The University of Georgia in International Context

UG has made major collaboration arrangements with:• The University of Scranton, PA, USA• The University of Central Florida, FL, USA• State University of New York - SUNY DELHI, USA• Munster Wilhelm University of Westphalia, Munster, Germany• University of Wesford Grenobles, France• University of Tromso, Norway• Swansea Metropolitan University, UK• University of Lodz, Poland• University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic• Phatih University, Istanbul, Turkey

UG is involved in EACEA programs:• Tempus• Erasmus Mundus

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The University of Georgia:

Research Oriented University

University research centers are:• Georgia Forecast• Center for the study of Caucasus and Black Sea

Region

UG conducts national and international conferences

University of Georgia Publishing house• Scientific Journal – Caucasus Journal of Social

Sciences• Textbooks• maps

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