Gender equality drives Georgia's future

The Deputy Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Refugees and Accommodation, Grigol Giorgadze was one of the first to take the course. Photo: UN Women/Maka Gogaladze

With European Union support, UN Women and national and local partners are promoting gender equality through an innovative e-learning course to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.

Part of the joint EU-funded UN Women-FAO project Equal Access of IDPs to Economic Opportunities, the e-learning course was designed primarily for civil servants, but the telecommunications company Geocell joined the launch. They plan to use the course internally and to inspire other private sector companies to offer the online curriculum to their employees as well.

Supporting gender sensitive socio-economic empowerment for women makes sense in Georgia, where, despite significant progress, deeply rooted gender stereotypes significantly limit women’s economic opportunities. Preventing sexual harassment is vital in Georgia, where it appears to be widespread, and important to the EU, where half of all women experience sexual harassment at least once in their lifetime.

Click the link to read the UN Women Georgia story about our innovative e-learning course to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.