Impact%20of%20Transformation%20of%20Economic%20Policy%20on%20Gender%20Equality%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Mikheil%20Djibouti%20Georgia,%20Tbilisi,%201%20April%202008

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Impact of Transformation of Economic Policy on
Gender Equality Mikheil
Djibouti Georgia, Tbilisi, 1 April 2008
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• Importance of gender issues increased
• Revealed unsolved problems
• Institutional and economical dimensions
  of gender issues
• Gender standards in constitution of Georgia
• Transformation of ender standards in legislative
  norms and acts
• Gender expertise
• Amendment on legislative acts

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• Harmonization of legislation acts
• Introduction of of gender expertise standards
  in the parliament of Georgia
• Law on gender equality and harmonization
• Not only equal rights, but equal possibilities of
  realization of rights.
• Labor Code

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1. Our Practice Market Policy introduction without
   considering of gender equality and human being
2. New Task Gender sensitive social policy
3. Economic growth if social policy is neglected
   cannot provide poverty reduction.
4. Social factor as result and precondition of
   economic growth

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• Gender strategy in respect of family, state,
  civil society, business.
• Gender budget To what expand is the strategy of
  Georgian government?
• Gender not only as result of state expenditures
  but as resource of economic growth.
• Women's labor forces as economic potential
• Gender as investment in economy
• Gender- demographic dimension
• Gender- emigration issues

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• Urgent need
• Researches
• Statistical information
• Methodology
• Monitoring
• Transparency of state and municipality budgets
• Women's economic independence