women of georgia

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Georgia

Voice | ‘Life is tough for a young widow’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•7 min read

Mediko Machalikashvili, 46, from Duisi, Pankisi Valley, speaks of being married too young, losing a husband and the hardships of being a widow in a conservative society. 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. OC Media brings you a selection

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Voice from Dedoplistskaro | ‘I dreamed of seeing a child protection hotline and calling it’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•7 min read

‘I think that if a person really wants to do something, if it’s in their soul, they can do it. I’ve wanted to be independent since I was a child. I made several attempts at it. I escaped from home a few times. I don’t know why but since very early childhood, when I was so little, I already knew I didn’t want to live in that house, where they don’t love you and you don’t love them.’ Women in Georgia very often lack a voice of their own. Their opinions, feelings, dreams, aspirations, and achi

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Voice from Tbilisi | ‘He would marry me if I withdrew the charges’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•8 min read

‘It happened two years ago, on 20 February 2016. I had just started a new job. I was also teaching school children English and maths, which is why I had to commute from Kavtaradze Street to Sololaki. Late in the evenings and at about midnight I would come back home to Dighomi. That day I decided to walk from the metro home, as I didn’t want to pay for a taxi. I just thought I could walk, as I wasn’t afraid. I was born and grew up here.’ ‘No one heard my cries’ Women in Georgia very o

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Voice from Gori | ‘There should be more women in the army’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•8 min read

Women of Georgia — Nino Bluashvili, 21 ‘Although my father was in the military, we never discussed this topic and I never had any other connection with it in the past. I rarely saw green uniforms at home, either. At first, I was enrolled at the Faculty of Humanities at Tbilisi State University, then I switched to journalism. I was in my first year when one of my friends began studying at the National Defence Academy. I really enjoyed the stories that my friend used to tell me about the aca

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Voice from Pankisi | From the ‘Pankisi Crisis’ and beyond

by OC Media

•5 min read

Luiza Mutoshvili, 27, Pankisi Valley. ‘Five years ago, I started a job as a teacher at the public school in Duisi, Pankisi Valley, which completely changed my life. The goal of my teaching programme was to overcome the language barrier in regions with ethnic minorities. I’m ethnically Kist myself, and since Georgian is not my native language, I was well familiar with the language barrier problem.’ ‘I started teaching Georgian at the Duisi public school, in the Russian sector. I taught Ge

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Voice from Adjara | ‘No one asked why I was crying’

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•6 min read

Women of Georgia — Tamta Abuselidze, 27 ‘I heard many times of women’s abductions when I was living in the village. And of course, I never thought that it was a good thing, but I also didn’t know it was illegal. They never taught us anything about it at school, there was no literature about it.’ 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 Geo

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[Voice from Tbilisi] Women of Georgia — Likuna Chachibaia, 21

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 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, Likuna Chachi