Gender Equality - An overview of Georgian and International Legislation
Gender Equality - An overview of Georgian and International Legislation

Author(s): Nargiza Arjevanidze
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Civil Law
Published by: CSS - Center for Social Sciences
Keywords: Gender Equality Legislation;
Summary/Abstract: The following paper examines the Gender Equality Legislation of Georgia and Nordic countries, namely the Gender Equality Acts of Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The study aims at identifying similarities as well as differences and revealing the best existing institutional mechanisms for effective implementation of provisions set out in the legislation. The countries mentioned above have been selected based on the Global Gender Gap Index (2011), according to which these countries are among the top ten countries in the ranking. Since 2006 World Economic Forum publishes annual reports on Global Gender Gap Index which identifies the gender gaps, inequalities and dynamics across the time. The Global Gender Gap report 2011 comprised 135 countries. Georgia took 86th place in the ranking; Compared with the previous year this is a slightly better position, though it has to be highlighted that assessment of Georgia in regards to the gender equality has exacerbated in the last 6 years.

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