Parliament of Georgia
Ketevan Tabagari is a communications specialist currently working at the Parliament of Georgia since June 2021. Ketevan has held various roles in digital marketing and public relations, including serving as a digital marketing manager at Matters from September 2022 to June 2023, and as a campaign officer at the Youth Workers’ Association of Georgia from June 2022 to May 2023. Prior experience includes the role of public relations manager at the National Council of Youth Organizations of Georgia from 2018 to 2021. Ketevan is pursuing a Master of Science degree in EIGER at Georgian American University since September 2022, and continues education at Tbilisi State University since 2018.
Parliament of Georgia
Within the framework of the project, the Advisory Council on Gender Equality was established under the Chair of the Parliament of Georgia, which is the first institutional mechanism in Georgia. Council brings non-governmental and governmental representatives to discuss and issue recommendations on gender issues, to help ensure that women's voices are heard on an equal footing with men in formulating public policy and decision making at the national and local levels. The Council acts as a lobbying unit for gender issues and focuses its activities on the following aspects such as: 1. Discuss and issue recommendations on gender issues; 2. Elaborate proposals and recommendations on National Gender Policy setting out the actions to integrate gender equality in all spheres and sectors of the political, economic and social life of Georgia; 3. Ensure gender mainstreamed legislation and approximation of Georgian Legislation to the European Union Law pertaining gender equality; 4. Within its competence observe the implementation of the international agreements and conventions involving the rights of women and gender equality issues; 5. Co-operate closely with international and local organizations working on gender issues