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In the aftermath of the detrimental zero-tolerance policy, a new political force headed the state with the idea of liberalization of the criminal justice system. Many important reforms were planned and carried out during this period. However, undertaken inadequate efforts could not substantially change and improve the situation in the country. With varying intensity, criminal law remains the main instrument of repression in the hands of the state.
The project was aimed at studying attitudes and approaches toward gender equality issues within the youth. To this end, the research oversaw content analysis of the assignments included in Georgian Language and Literature test versions I and II regarding gender equality, delivered during the 2013 Unified National Exams.
With the aim of promoting that voices and perceptions of internally displaced persons on voluntary return and alternate durable solutions are heard, UNHCR commissioned an Intentions Survey among IDPs in Georgia. The survey was carried out by the Institute of Social Studies and Analysis (ISSA). Two thousand and one (2,001) internally displaced persons were interviewed by ISSA between October-December 2014 in Tbilisi and ten regions of Georgia.
In recent years, women’s emancipation has been strengthened globally, which in turn has boosted gender equality. Nevertheless, men are still ahead of women when it comes to education, employment, income rates, distribution of managerial positions and social attitudes. Such patterns and gender perceptions are handed down from generation to generation.
Video recordings of torture as well as humiliating and abusive treatment of prisoners by prison staff were leaked into the public sphere and to the NGO community in Georgia directly before the change of government on October 1, 2012. The use of abuse and coercion has allegedly been one of the bases for order and governance in the Georgian penitentiary system in recent years under the government of Mikheil Saakashvili.
This analytical report is a study on the meaning of work across different religious traditions. The aim of the study is to ascertain the interrelation between religious values and work ethics of Orthodox and non-Orthodox (in particular Catholic and Protestant) Christians and Muslims, as well as non-believers.
In 2011, with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, ISSA implemented the project Study of the Overall Social Profile of the Population of Kvemo Kartli Region. The aim of the project was to study the socio-economic conditions of the population of Kvemo Kartli. The research revealed the knowledge of and attitudes and perceptions to various regional events, implemented projects, institutions and structures.
This report presents the development trends in such sectors as demography, economy, education, social protection, healthcare, etc. It also analyzes the reasons and risk factors for poverty among the population and the isolation of particular social groups from the general economic and social development process. The report attempts to provide an up-to-date and relevant information and comprehensive analysis on current social protection systems.
