The Public Defender of Georgia, Levan Ioseliani held a conference on the topic – Prevention and Monitoring of Femicide: Analysis of Cases in 2022, as a part of the 16-day campaign against gender-based violence on November 26, 2024, Wednesday.
Tamar Sabedashvili, Deputy Representative of the UN Women’s Organization in Georgia, gave a welcome speech at the meeting.
Levan Ioseliani also gave a speech at the conference in which he discussed the challenges that still exist in preventing violence against women and domestic violence, timely detection and effective response to cases, including access and awareness of services for victims of violence in the regions. It was noted that the main cause of femicide is still stereotypical views and discrimination about women’s role in society.
The public Defender says that the prevention of violence against women and girls, as well as the most extreme form of violence against women – femicide – remains a pressing problem in Georgia.
“The monitoring of femicide by the Public Defender of Georgia shows that gender hierarchies and public views on the role of women remain the root causes of femicide. In addition, according to observations carried out over the years, perpetrators of femicide are mostly unemployed individuals without higher education, which confirms the complex nature of the problem and the need for intersectoral cooperation and a comprehensive approach to effectively combat it, he noted.
The activities of the Georgian Public Defender which has been analyzing cases of women’s gender-marked murders, attempted murder and suicide, highlighting the flaws, and developing relevant recommendations were also reviewed at the conference.
According to the Public defender, Positive evaluation of good practices of cooperation with organizations and maximizing femicide monitoring methodologies. However, it emphasized that despite legislative and institutional progress, gender-motivated crime continues to be problematic in some cases, both investigative and judicial stages, while high rates of murders/attempts to prevent women indicate inadequate measures.
At the conference, the 2022 Report of Femicide Monitoring and trends of Femicide monitoring in 2019-2022 were presented; and representatives of governmental, non-governmental and international organizations discussed ways to prevent gender-motivated crimes.
The event was held by the Public Defender’s Office in cooperation with the project “United Nations Joint Program for Gender Equality” (UNJP4GE).
