The lack of comprehensive data on the scope of and the perceptions about gender-based violence has been one of the most important factors hindering design and implementation of targeted and tailor-made programs to combat violence.

In order to respond to this gap, in 2008 UNFPA launched National Research on Domestic Violence against Women. The survey was implemented by the ACT Marketing Research and Consulting and Center of Social Sciences. It collected the representative data at the national level from approximately 3,000 women on the prevalence and perceptions on GBV, causes and consequences of GBV, the extent to which intimate partner violence is associated with range of health, educational, legal and administrative outcomes, the effect of internal displacement on GBV, the strategies and services that women use to deal with violence and other relevant information.

The survey findings will be used as a baseline for formulating informed national policies and plans as well as for advocacy and public awareness-raising campaigns on domestic violence and women’s rights in Georgia.

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