On March 9, 2009 at 17.00 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Georgia will award winners of Journalist contest on Women’s Rights at the Hotel Vere located at 24/8 Kuchishvili Street, Tbilisi, Georgia.
On March 9, 2009 at 17.00 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Georgia will award winners of Journalist contest on Women’s Rights at the Hotel Vere Palace located at 24/8 Kuchishvili Street, Tbilisi, Georgia.
In early January 2009, the UNFPA-implemented project “Combating Gender-Based Violence in the South Caucasus” announced a journalists contest for best original articles on the following topics: women’s rights, women’s role in the family and society, domestic violence, and women in conflict. The purpose of the initiative is threefold: a) motivating journalists of various calibres to engage in gender-related work, b) raising journalists’ professional interest in women’s rights and domestic violence, c) using the produced articles as a public awareness raising tool in public campaigns on gender.
Collected entries were grouped in two categories based on the age of the authors (under and over 25) and judged by competent jury. On March 9, winners of the journalist contest will be officially announced and will be awarded with certificates and cash prizes. Winning articles will be published in leading Georgian magazines and newspapers in 2009. UNFPA plans on holding similar activities in future.
The ceremony will be attended by the Vice Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia H.E. Mr. George Tsereteli, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, H.E. Mr. Eric Fournier, members of parliament and government, including members of the newly established Inter-Agency Council on Domestic Violence and representatives of international and non-governmental organizations.
The event will be held within the framework of the IV Annual Gender Week organized by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). Furthermore, it is supported by the Gender Equality Council at the Georgian Parliament Chairperson, the Gender Equality Resource Centre in Gori, the JSI Research and Study Institute’s “Healthy Women in
