The Deputy Minister of IDPs, Labor, Health and Social Protection from the occupied territories of Georgia met with the delegation of the Republic of Armenia.

Tamila Barkalaya introduced Georgia’s experience to her colleagues on the issues of prevention of violence against women and domestic violence.

Deputy Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia, Tatevik Stefaniani, Anna Zhamakochiani and other representatives of government agencies participated in the official meeting. 

Along with them, Meri Maglaferidze, director of the state care and assistance agency for victims of trafficking, and Lasha Jinjikhadze, deputy director, also participated in the meeting.

As Tamila Barkalaya noted, her colleagues shared the experiences of state agencies working on issues of violence against women and domestic violence. They also discussed the changes made in the legislation of the ratification and post-ratification of the Istanbul Convention, tools for assessing the risk of domestic violence, methods of collecting and analyzing data related to violence victims’ support services, gender-based and sexual violence, inter-agency coordination and other issues.

The workshop was held within the framework of the project “EU for Gender Equality: Technical Group on Reforms”, mandated by NIRAS of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Policy (DGNEAR).