Gender Based Violence in Georgia : Links among Conflict, Economic Opportunities and Services
This report summarizes research undertaken as part of the World Bank State- and Peace-building Fund (SPF) financed grant, Strengthening Capacity for Prevention and Response to Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence in Georgia (GBV). The goal of the...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/558211513619282554/Gender-based-violence-in-Georgia-links-among-conflict-economic-opportunities-and-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29108 |
| Summary: | This report summarizes research
undertaken as part of the World Bank State- and
Peace-building Fund (SPF) financed grant, Strengthening
Capacity for Prevention and Response to Sexual- and
Gender-Based Violence in Georgia (GBV). The goal of the
grant is to build knowledge and capacity on prevention and
response to GBV in Georgia, with a focus on conflict- and
displacement-affected populations, economic opportunity and
services. The project is part of the World Bank’s global
initiative on conflict and Gender-based Violence (GBV). The
Global Initiative, financed by the SPF, includes pilot
projects across East Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and South
Asia (nearly 10 million total in project financing). The aim
of the initiative is to increase understanding regarding the
development dimensions of GBV and potential areas of
enhanced World Bank and development partner programming.
While the global initiative supports operational projects in
the other regions, the Georgia pilot, representing the
Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA), is unique in its focus
on deepening knowledge and promoting capacity building.
Research was undertaken in Georgia recognizing the country’s
legacy of conflict and displacement challenges as well as
recent steps taken by the Government of Georgia on gender
action and GBV response. Given conflicts in Abkhazia and
South Ossetia regions in the 1990s and 2008, Georgia has
many conflict-affected people. This includes between 190,000
and 275,000 IDPs, who have been displaced by conflict and
make up almost 6 percent of the population, among the
highest relative proportions in the world. Also, people
living near former conflict zones in Abkhazia and South
Ossetia regions continue to experience periodic insecurity
and impacts on their living conditions and livelihoods. The
research aims to complement existing initiatives by the
Government, international partners and the NGO community on
GBV in Georgia and to explore openings for additional
progress. Specifically, filling research gaps on the
potential links between GBV and conflict and internal
displacement, economic opportunity, and services. |
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