Gender Statistics and measuring domestic violence in Georgia Lia Charekishvili Head of Social Infrastructure Statistics Sub- Division, Responsible for Gender Statistics National Statistics Office of Georgia

22 Gender Equality in Georgia Certain institutional and legal steps have been taken in Georgia towards achievement of greater gender equality. Establishment of Advisory Council on Gender Equality Issues at the Speaker of the Parliament in December 2004; Establishment of Governmental Commission for Gender Equality Issues in September 2007;

33 Gender Equality in Georgia In fall 1994 Georgia ratified CEDAW without reservations; Georgia submitted Initial Report to CEDAW in 1998 (instead of 1995) and 2nd and 3rd Periodic Reports in 2003 (Govt. and Shadow reports); Adoption of State Concept of Gender Equality in 2006; Adoption of anti-trafficking and domestic violence laws in 2006; Elaboration of Gender Equality Law, that passed the first hearing in the Parliament in Fall 2009.

4 Domestic Violence Domestic violence stands for violation of constitutional rights 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)

55 Data Collected by MIA:  Number of a Restrictive Order that is primary source of data;  Name of victim;  Name of perpetrator;  Address, birth dates of both perpetrator and victim;  Form’s of violence;  Description of situation;  What decision was taken;  Address of shelter for a victim or of a rehabilitation center for a perpetrator;  Signature of responsible police officer. Statistical questionnaire “on registration on Domestic Violence Cases” adopted in 2007 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

66 The data on the victims of the domestic violence: Total, personso. w. Women, %Total, personso. w. Women, % Georgia, total o. w. by Regions of Georgia Tbilisi Adjar AR Imereti Kakheti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Samtskhe Javakheti Shida Qartli Qvemo Qartli

77 The data on the offenders of the domestic violence: Total, personso. w. Women, %Total, personso. w. Women, % Georgia, total o. w. by Regions of Georgia Tbilisi Adjar AR Imereti Kakheti Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Samtskhe Javakheti Shida Qartli Qvemo Qartli

8 Domestic Violence in Georgia Georgia is divided to 11 regions. From the tables seems that there are no cases in 3 regions, but I think it is just the mistake in registration of policemen; There are 2 Shelters under control of the Ministry of Labour, Health & Social Security, and 4 under NGO; The maximal capacity of NGO-run shelters is accommodation of 40 individuals at a time; Duration of staying in shelter varies from 3 to 6 months.

99 Domestic Violence in Georgia Plans for Future... 2 more shelter are planned to be opened in 2010; “ Hot Line ” is planned to be organized; Trainings for policeman are planned to be held from 2010.

10 Domestic Violence in Georgia I would like to invite everyone in the open discussion: What kind of mistakes can you remember from your experience? What methods of analysis have you been using with data on domestic violence?

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