domestic violence in georgia
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Domestic Violence in Georgia. Geneva 27-29 April, 2011. Domestic Violence in Georgia. Adoption of State Concept of Gender Equality in 2006; Adoption of anti-trafficking and domestic violence laws in 2006; Elaboration of Gender Equality Law, adopted by the Parliament in March 2010; - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Domestic Violence in Georgia
Geneva27-29 April, 2011
Domestic Violence in Georgia
Adoption of State Concept of Gender Equality in 2006;
Adoption of anti-trafficking and domestic violence laws in 2006;
Elaboration of Gender Equality Law, adopted by the Parliament in March 2010;
Elaboration National Action Plan for 2011-2013.
Domestic violence stands for violation of constitutionalrights and freedoms of one family member by the other, in conjunction with physical, psychological or sexual violence, coercion or threat to undertake such actions.
Source: The Law of Georgia on Elimination of domestic Violence, Protection of Victims of domestic Violence and their Assistance, Article 3, 2006)
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Domestic Violence in GeorgiaThe data on the victims of the DV
2009 2010
Women Men Women Men
Georgia, total 163 13 166 16
o. w. by Regions of Georgia
Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti 133 10 110 11
Adjar AR 16 2 22 1
Imereti 1 0 8 0
Samtskhe Javakheti 1 0 4 0Shida Qartli 0 0 3 0
Qvemo Qartli 12 1 19 4
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
2009 2010
Women Men Women Men
Georgia, total 12 164 13 169
o. w. by Regions of Georgia
Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti 8 135 5 116
Adjar AR 1 17 2 21
Imereti 0 1 0 8Samtskhe Javakheti 0 1 1 3
Shida Qartli 0 0 1 2
Qvemo Qartli 3 10 4 19
Domestic Violence in GeorgiaThe data on the perpetrator of the DV
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Domestic Violence in GeorgiaCourt decisions on suppression of DV, protection and
support of victims of DV 2008 2009 2010
Admitted for further examination 204 171 259
Dismissed 2 8 5
Examined through delivering a decision 197 159 242
Among them: satisfied 188 140 226
Terminated 1 1 1
Remained unchanged 6 10 9
Transferred to other court 0 0 1
Total completed 204 170 258
The ratio of uncompleted cases 1 1 2
Delivered provisional decision 0 1 1
Source: Supreme Court of Georgia.
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Data on Victim Statistics
2008 2009 2010
Total number of victims, persons 9299 9592 9791
of which:
Men 3716 3800 3881
Women 5583 5792 5910
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
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Publications “Women and Men in Georgia” in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2008 years were published;
At the moment is preparing new edition of publication “Women and Men in Georgia” 2011.
Pilot Testing of the VAW Module
In November, 2010:
Testing of :• Methodological and training materials• Sensitivity of topic (openness of respondents)• Questions (which worked and which did not)
By means of conducting 200 interviews of the VAW pilot survey in urban and rural areas, 100 interviews in each area.
Pilot Testing of the VAW ModuleStages of Pilot Process
1. Preparatory Activities Translation and streamlining of survey materials Sampling of i) urban and rural areas and ii) households Training of interviewers
2. Fieldwork3. Debriefing of Interviewers4. Data entry and database cleaning5. Formation of the database
Pilot Testing of the VAW Module
Main Reasons of Non-response:i)Household members were not at home, or ii) Dwellings were closed and no one lived there
•Just a few refusals – the largest part of which not related to the specific topic
•Only 2 women (both above 60) refused to participate after finding out about the nature of the survey
Pilot Testing of the VAW Module
Conclusions and Findings •Statistical sampling methods were not used for the
pilot testing•2-day training is considered to be optimal •It would be useful to translate and use the Question-
by-question description of Violence against Women Module during training
Pilot Testing of the VAW Module
Sensitivity•No significant problems in terms of establishing
communication – unexpected not only for interviewers, but also for working group members
•Divorced women and widows were more open in discussing their ex-partners
•The survey topic unexpected for women•Women positively surprised that someone/some
organization would be interested in such questions
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Plans for future ….
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Domestic Violence in Georgia
Thank You For Attention
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Domestic Violence in Georgia
Lia CharekishviliHead of Sub-Division of Social Infrastructure,
Social Statistics Division
E-mail: [email protected] address: www.geostat.ge
Domestic Violence in Georgia