Georgia – Gender Equality – Collective Leadership Institute

Region	Asia, Europe
Start	2012
Sector	Public Sector, Civil Society

Region

Asia, Europe

Start

2012

Sector

Public Sector, Civil Society

Project context

Establishing effective governance structures for cross-cutting issues such as gender equality and women empowerment is inherently complex. The challenge in Georgia is augmented by low public awareness and low political initiative. Using the Stakeholder Dialogues approach, especially Phase 1 of the Dialogic Change Model (DCM) “Exploring and Engaging”, UN Women managed to create a container for change. The success worth celebrating thus far is the appointment of advisory positions for gender equality and women rights by the Georgian Prime Minister.

Project Facts

Project time

2012-2013

Stakeholders

20 high level representatives from the Georgian government, UN organisations, international and local NGOs

Outcome

A high level stakeholder event was organized by UN Women Georgia, a ‘container for change’ was created to lobby for gender equality and human rights at all government levels, a new position of an assistant to the Prime Minister dealing exclusively with gender equality and women’s rights issues was established.

Georgia - Gender Equality

Project context