Tamar Kordzaia

Republican Party appoints woman to key position

By | January 24th, 2017|Categories: Politics|Tags: , , |

Tamar Kordzaia, party political secretary (right) and Khatuna Samnidze, the chairwoman. (Photo by Republican Party.) TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party in the former Soviet republic of Georgia on Saturday appointed a woman former lawmaker as new political secretary. The appointment the 39-year-old lawyer Tamar Kordzaia is seen as a move to promote gender equality in politics. […]

Read More
 0

MPs propose making femicide a separate crime

By | May 4th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Tamar Khidasheli. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Two MPs from the parliamentary majority have proposed adding to the Criminal Code a separate offense called femicide, which is the premeditated murder of a woman on the basis of her gender. The bill sets punishment […]

Read More
 0