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‘Life shouldn’t be a luxury’ — a Georgian woman’s struggle to afford life-saving cancer treatment

by Tamuna Chkareuli

•5 min read

Despite partial government funding for cancer treatment in Georgia, for society’s most vulnerable, the remaining costs can still be insurmountable. For one woman suffering from breast cancer, scraping together the money for life-saving treatment has been all but impossible. Fifty-year-old Nino Beselia was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, but for two years she delayed getting the tumour examined for financial reasons. ‘Back then I didn’t realise it’s the most important thing. When I fina

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[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Gvantsa Apkhaidze, 25

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•7 min read

Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspirations, and achievements can be conveyed by others, often the men around them. The Women in Georgia project gives a voice to these women, allowing them to tell their own stories — in their own words. The project collected 150 distinct stories from women throughout the country. OC Media brings you a selection of these stories, translated into English and Russian. Below, in her own words, Gvantsa Apkha