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Project:
Women’s Political ParticipationWomen’s Political Participation
International Gender Policy Network
Women’s Fund and Memory Research Center (GEORGIA)
Country Background - GEORGIA:Country Background - GEORGIA:
• Representation of women in the Parliament of Georgia - 4,9%4,9%
• Representation of women in local self governance bodies – 11,9%11,9%
Country Background - GEORGIA:Country Background - GEORGIA:
• Poverty & political ignorance of the majority of population;
• No governmental political will or public demand for gender equality;
• Gender Equality Law drafted and to be heard at the Parliament;
• Women’s political participation regarded as a less priority – despite the years’ long activism of several women’s NGOs in the field.
Working on databaseWorking on database
3 options used:
• Our current /ex-grantee women, partners;
• Our partner women as mediators in their localities;
• Including other experienced NGOs in collecting the data for database
Distribution of women according to political party Distribution of women according to political party affiliationaffiliation
• Non-party women – 54
• Party member women – 52
(106 out of 140 applications received were included in the database. We are still working for increasing the number of women registered at database.)
Database includes range of women from very Database includes range of women from very experienced to beginnersexperienced to beginners
REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF WOMEN IN DATABASE
Tbilisi (capital) 44
Shida Kartli 14
Kakheti 15
Samtskhe Javakheti 18
Imereti 3
Guria 2
Samegrelo 2
Kvemo Kartli 3
Adjara 4
Racha 1
Special attention was paid to the women from remote areas – the selection criteria were “softened” in order to include them in the database
Presentation of the WPP Presentation of the WPP Project at Karaleti Project at Karaleti
Women’s Center for Women’s Center for Community Community
Development and Development and Combating violenceCombating violence
attended by:• Local women included in the
database;• Other socially active women;• Representatives of local self
governance and media
Presentation of WWP at Presentation of WWP at Georgian Public Defender's OfficeGeorgian Public Defender's Office
Participants:• Women’s NGO leaders
and experts;• Members of 5 political
parties;• Gender Focal Point of
Public Defender’s Office
Special screenings at presentationsSpecial screenings at presentations
To emphasize our vision of WPP a short documentary Blackberry was screened at both presentations. The documentary made by TF in 2009 depicts both rural women’s problems articulated by themselves and high potential of women.
Findings and future plansFindings and future plans
• The space for dialogue between political parties and women’s NGOs should be created;
• We should find common language to deliver our values, vision and objectives to political parties;
• To increase women’s political participation, besides working for women’s empowerment, it is necessary to be in steady and purposeful dialogue with political parties.
Project extensions and plansProject extensions and plans
Successful cooperation with UNDP Project Gender and Politics.
20 women from database were supported by Taso Foundation to participate in UNDP training sessions
Project extensionsProject extensions
• TF included additional trainings on Women’s Political Participation in educational program of its project Karaleti Women’s Center for Community Development and Combating Violence (conflict zone);
PlansPlans
• Women’s Political Participation will be one of the main topics in educational program for IDPs and conflict affected women in frames of Taso Foundation upcoming 3-year project supported by UNIFEM
• TF plans to arrange meetings of rural women from the database with leaders of different political parties in order to increase women’s participation in upcoming local council election in May 2010
Thank You!