Reinforcing gender equality and implementing GREVIO recommendations to combat violence against women and domestic violence in Georgia
The Council of Europe project aims at supporting the efforts of state authorities in preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, protecting the victims and prosecuting the perpetrators of violence as well as advancing gender equality.
The project will provide assistance in delivering the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention).
Based on the GREVIO (the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence to the Istanbul Convention) baseline evaluation to Georgia published in November 2022, the project takes an evidence-based approach to support changes in legal, policy and institutional frameworks, to build the capacities of Georgian professionals, authorities, and civil society organisations and to raise awareness on gender equality and the prevention of violence against women. The Council of Europe utilises its previous experience in the country and its unique access to national best practices after over ten years since the entry into force of the Istanbul Convention.
The project is implemented within the Council of Europe Action Plan to Georgia 2024-2027 and it builds on the results of the previous the projects “Promoting an Integrated Approach to End Violence against Women and Enhancing Gender Equality in Georgia” and “Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence in Georgia”.
Public Defender’s Office of Georgia
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Ministry of Justice of Georgia
Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia
Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia
LEPL Agency For State Care and Assistance For the (Statutory) Victims of Human Trafficking
Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia
Special Investigation Service of Georgia
Civil Society organisation working on gender equality, violence against women and domestic violence
International organisations working on gender equality, violence against women and domestic violence
Based on the GREVIO findings and Committee of Parties recommendations, legal and/or policy measures are introduced by the Georgian authorities to deliver on the standards of the Istanbul Convention;
Special Penitentiary Services, Legal Entity of Public Law the National Agency for Crime Prevention, Execution of Non-custodial Sentences and Probation of the Ministry of Justice implement programs for sex offenders in line with Istanbul Convention Standards;
Comprehensive victim protection and support services, aligned with Istanbul Convention standards, are effectively and efficiently implemented by relevant state agencies and civil society organisations;
Investigators and prosecutors improve the quality of and coordination on investigation and prosecution of sexual violence crimes and digital violence against women in order to fight gender inequalities.
1 January 2024 – 31 December 2025
General public
Women victims of violence against women and domestic violence
The project is implemented by
the Capacity Building and Co-operation Projects Unit at the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division
Danko RUNIC, Project Manager
together with
the Council of Europe Office in Tbilisi
Mariam JAJANIDZE, Senior Project Officer
Tsiala KHOMASURIDZE, Project Officer
Nino MACHKHANELI, Project Assistant
