Gender Based Violence in Georgia : Links among Conflict, Economic Opportunities and Services

World Bank Group

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: GENDER;    VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN;    CONFLICT;    FRAGILE STATES;    ACCESS TO FINANCE;   

RP-ID  :  ACS23504

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report summarizes researchundertaken as part of the World Bank State- andPeace-building Fund (SPF) financed grant, StrengtheningCapacity for Prevention and Response to Sexual- andGender-Based Violence in Georgia (GBV). The goal of thegrant is to build knowledge and capacity on prevention andresponse to GBV in Georgia, with a focus on conflict- anddisplacement-affected populations, economic opportunity andservices. The project is part of the World Bank’s globalinitiative on conflict and Gender-based Violence (GBV). TheGlobal Initiative, financed by the SPF, includes pilotprojects across East Asia and the Pacific, Africa, and SouthAsia (nearly 10 million total in project financing). The aimof the initiative is to increase understanding regarding thedevelopment dimensions of GBV and potential areas ofenhanced World Bank and development partner programming.While the global initiative supports operational projects inthe other regions, the Georgia pilot, representing theEurope and Central Asia Region (ECA), is unique in its focuson deepening knowledge and promoting capacity building.Research was undertaken in Georgia recognizing the country’slegacy of conflict and displacement challenges as well asrecent steps taken by the Government of Georgia on genderaction and GBV response. Given conflicts in Abkhazia andSouth Ossetia regions in the 1990s and 2008, Georgia hasmany conflict-affected people. This includes between 190,000and 275,000 IDPs, who have been displaced by conflict andmake up almost 6 percent of the population, among thehighest relative proportions in the world. Also, peopleliving near former conflict zones in Abkhazia and SouthOssetia regions continue to experience periodic insecurityand impacts on their living conditions and livelihoods. Theresearch aims to complement existing initiatives by theGovernment, international partners and the NGO community onGBV in Georgia and to explore openings for additionalprogress. Specifically, filling research gaps on thepotential links between GBV and conflict and internaldisplacement, economic opportunity, and services.