Support empowerment of young people, especially of adolescent girls by promotion of gender equality, male engagement and zero tolerance towards violence against women and girls.
Commitment description:In my capacity of the National Library Director and UNFPA/Georgia’s partner, I will actively participate in advocacy activities to promote Gender Equality and healthy lifestyle among adolescents and young people. The Equality Corner, a new joint initiative with UNFPA/Georgia, provides space for adolescents & youth to obtain new information through age-sensitive collection of contemporary fiction, engage in informal education, exchange ideas, socialize and meaningfully spend free time.
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic actionBy 2021, Equality Corners will be opened in 4 remote villages in Georgia to create opportunities of informal education for adolescents and youth living in rural areas, so that no one could be left behind.
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
