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Ombudsman highlights remaining challenges on Women's Day

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Ucha Nanuashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–On the International Women’s Day, Georgia’s Public Defender highlighted problems related to protection of women’s labor rights, supporting women’s participation in decision-making and elimination of violence against women.

Ucha Nanuashvili

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Woman forced out of her job because she took maternity leave

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Medea Kuzanashvili is suing her former employer for forcing her out of her job. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–It is illegal to fire anyone on maternity or paternity leave. It is also illegal to harass someone into quitting their job. But it is not uncommon for a woman to come back to work after a maternity leave, and realise that the employer will do anything

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Cherchez la femme: look for the woman in Georgian politics

Nina Tsihistavi is a researcher in gender issues and women's rights activist.

It was a long way of looking for the women in Georgian politics. For the last decade, the only explanation for the lack of women in positions of power was: women are not ready themselves, are not showing will, writes Nina Tsihistavi, researcher in gender issues and women’s

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