Domestic violence - a burning issue in Georgia

Author(s)
Pkhakadze, Rusudan
Jamaspishvili, Thea
Editor(s)
Hoare, Joanna
Publication date
2007-03-01
Subject
Gender
Keywords
Gender-based violence
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
Georgia

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Gender & Development
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/131625
DOI
10.1080/13552070601179052
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
This article reviews the role that a high profile case of alleged domestic violence played in providing Georgian civil society and Parliamentary allies with unprecedented opportunities to campaign for the release of a woman wrongly accused of murder, whilst raising public awareness and precipitating a challenge to the law. Drawing on interviews with a range of primary stakeholders involved in bringing about the legal change, the article considers the factors that made this advocacy success possible, and the implications of this for women throughout Georgia. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.
Pages
13
ISSN
1355-2074
EISSN
1364-9221
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