“We will only have a true democracy when we have achieved a balanced representation of women at all levels of decision making.” Tiina Ilsen has worked with the gender unit of the Osce Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (Odihr) since September 1999, focusing on the promotion of womens rights. She also created the […]
“If I do not work, who will? I have the necessary skills and I should be using them to accomplish the work I do for peace and womens rights.” A renowned scientist in medical biology, Nino Javakhishvili is a devoted activist for peace and womens rights. She currently is the president of the Georgian Womens […]
“My true desire is to live in such a way as to feel proud of having accomplished my duty to my people and my children.” Nino Burjanadze is the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia. A well-known scholar, lawyer, and human rights protector, she was the first woman in Georgia to become a speaker of […]
“It is easier to destroy the world than to create it. But in creating the world, one is sowing life and creating the future.” A well-known journalist in South Ossetia, Irina Yanovskaya (43) founded and directs the organization Journalists for Human Rights with the aim of preserving peace. The organization has become an important part […]
“My dream is to see happy faces of people, living in their native lands, using their real human rights, guaranteed them by the state laws.” Tsisana Rapava, born in 1940, is an economist and a remarkable public figure of Georgia. She works on the problems of refugees from Abkhazia (Autonomous Republic of Georgia), South Ossetia […]
