Roundtable Meeting on

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Roundtable Meeting on Political Participation of
Women and Womens Leadership in Eastern Europe
and CIS Region

• Wednesday, 22 October, 2008

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In 1994 Georgia acceded to the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Women
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September, 1995 Fourth World Conference on
Womens Issues in Beijing
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In 2000, the Coalition of Womens NGOs was
established with nine main working groups

• Women and Politics
• Women and Education
• Women and Healthcare
• Women and Economics
• Women and Peace building
• Women and Media
• Women and Global Environment
• PR and WG
• Institutional Machinery and WG

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October, 2004 the establishment of the
Advisory Council on Gender Equality Issues

• June, 2005 the establishment of the
  Governmental Commission on Gender Equality (GCGE)

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Gender Equality Strategy of Georgia (GES)

• The State Concept on Gender Equality
• A three year plan of Action for the
  implementation of the concept on gender equality
• Recommendations to the legislative and executive
  branches of government for the establishment of
  permanent mechanisms to monitor and coordinate
  gender equality issues.

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May, 2006 - Law of Georgia on Combating Human
Trafficking - Law of Georgia on Elimination of
Domestic Violence, Protection of Victims of
Domestic Violence and providing them with
Assistance

• July, 2006
• - The Parliament of Georgia adopted the State
  Concept on Gender Equality (political statement
  of will that introduces definitions for gender,
  gender equality, direct and indirect
  discrimination, gender mainstreaming)

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The data of the last four parliamentary elections
Elections Number of seats Men () Women () Total Number of women in Parliament
1995 235 90 10 17
1999 235 92 8 16
2004 235 83 17 22
2008 150 95 5 7
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Participating parties in the parliamentary
elections of 2008

• 1. Political Union of Citizens "Georgian Policy
• 2. Republican Party of Georgia
• 3. Electoral Bloc "Alliance of the Rights,
  Topadze-Industrials (M.G.S, Unity, E.D.P)
• 4. "Shalva Natelashvili Labour Party
• 5. "United National Movement for Victorious
  Georgia
• 6. Political Union "Georgian Sportsmens Union
• 7. Electoral Bloc "The Joint Opposition
  (National Council, The New Rights)
• 8. "National Party of Radical-Democrats of the
  whole Georgia
• 9. Political Union "Christian-Democratic
  Alliance (CDA)
• 10. "Giorgi Targamadze Christian-Democrats
• 11. Electoral Bloc "Traditionalists Our Georgia
  and Womens Party
• 12. Political Party "Our Country

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WOMEN AMONG THE TOP TEN CANDIDATES ON THE
POLITICAL PARTY LISTS
1. Political Union of Citizens "Georgian Policy 1
2. Republican Party of Georgia 1
3. Electoral Bloc "Alliance of the Rights, Topadze-Industrials (M.G.S, Unity, E.D.P) 0
4. "Shalva Natelashvili Labour Party 1
5. "United National Movement for Victorious Georgia 1
6. Political Union "Georgian Sportsmens Union 0
7. Electoral Bloc "The Joint Opposition (National Council, The New Rights) 1
8. "National Party of Radical-Democrats of the whole Georgia 1
9. Political Union "Christian-Democratic Alliance (CDA) 1
10. "Giorgi Targamadze Christian-Democrats 1
11. Electoral Bloc "Traditionalists Our Georgia and Womens Party 2
12. Political Party "Our Country 3
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The Women Candidates Nominated by the Parties
under the Majoritarian System
1. Political Union of Citizens "Georgian Policy 2
2. Republican Party of Georgia 13
3. Electoral Bloc "Alliance of the Rights, Topadze-Industrials (M.G.S, Unity, E.D.P) 0
4. "Shalva Natelashvili Labour Party 11
5. "United National Movement for Victorious Georgia 1
6. Political Union "Georgian Sportsmens Union 0
7. Electoral Bloc "The Joint Opposition (National Council, The New Rights) 4
8. "National Party of Radical-Democrats of the whole Georgia 1
9. Political Union "Christian-Democratic Alliance (CDA) 5
10. "Giorgi Targamadze Christian-Democrats 6
11. Electoral Bloc "Traditionalists Our Georgia and Womens Party 10
12. Political Party "Our Country 4
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The factors negatively affected on the
representation of women in the Parliament

• Decrease of the total number of the Parliamentary
  mandates
• Decrease of the share of the proportional
  election mandates
• The single mandate majoritarian election
  districts (women are not successful in such types
  of election districts)
• Decrease of the election threshold from 7 to 5

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