Domestic Violence in Georgia Tbilisi 27 29 September
Domestic Violence in Georgia Tbilisi 27 -29 September, 2010
Domestic Violence in Georgia
Domestic Violence in Georgia MINISTRY of INTERNAL AFFAIRS of GEORGIA SUPREME COURT of GEORGIA GEOSTAT
Domestic Violence in Georgia Domestic violence stands for violation of constitutional rights and freedoms of one family member by the other, in conjunction with physical, psychological or sexual violence, coercion or threat to undertake such actions. Source: The Law of Georgia on Elimination of domestic Violence, Protection of Victims of domestic Violence and their Assistance, Article 3, 2006)
Domestic Violence in Georgia Data Collected by MIA: Ø Ø Ø Ø Number of a Restrictive Order that is primary source of data; Name of victim; Name of perpetrator; Address, birth dates of both perpetrator and victim; Form’s of violence; Description of situation; What decision was taken; Address of shelter for a victim or of a rehabilitation center for a perpetrator; Ø Signature of responsible police officer. Statistical questionnaire “on registration on Domestic Violence Cases” adopted in 2007 by the MIA.
Domestic Violence in Georgia • Registred Crimes on DV in 2009 • Registred Crimes on DV in 2008 • <16 • 16 -24 • 25 -44 • >44 • Registred Crimes on DV in 2010, I quarter • 25 -44 • >44 Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Domestic Violence in Georgia • The data on the victims and perpetrators in 2008 • 140 • 129 • 120 • 122 • 100 • 80 • 60 • 58 • 51 • 40 • 18 • 20 • 16 • 2 • 0 • <16 • 0 • 16 -24 • perpetrator Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. • 25 -44 • Victim • >44
Domestic Violence in Georgia • 70 The data on the victims and perpetrators in 2010 I-II quarters • 60 • 62 • 57 • 50 • 40 • 32 • 30 • 20 • 5 • 10 • 0 • 4 • 3 • 0 • <16 • 16 -24 • perpetrator Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. • 25 -44 • Victim • >44 • 33
Domestic Violence in Georgia Ø No cases in 3 regions of Georgia; Ø There are 2 Shelters under control of the Ministry of Labour, Health & Social Security, and 4 under NGO; Ø The maximal capacity of NGO-run shelters is accommodation of 40 individuals at a time; Ø Duration of staying in shelter varies from 3 to 6 months.
Domestic Violence in Georgia The data on the victims of the DV 2008 Georgia, total Total, persons 2009 o. w. Women, % Total, persons o. w. Women, % 198 95. 5 176 92. 6 154 96. 1 143 93. 0 16 87. 5 18 88. 9 Imereti 6 100. 0 1 100. 0 Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 1 100. 0 0 0 Samtskhe Javakheti 1 100. 0 Shida Qartli 2 100. 0 0 0 18 94. 4 13 92. 3 o. w. by Regions of Georgia Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti Adjar AR Qvemo Qartli Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Domestic Violence in Georgia The data on the perpetrator of the DV 2008 Total, persons Georgia, total 2009 o. w. Women, % Total, persons o. w. Women, % 198 10. 1 176 6. 8 154 8. 4 143 5. 6 16 18. 8 18 5. 6 Imereti 6 0 1 0 Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 1 0 0 0 Samtskhe Javakheti 1 0 Shida Qartli 2 0 0 0 18 16. 7 13 23. 1 o. w. by Regions of Georgia Tbilisi and Mtskheta-Mtianeti Adjar AR Qvemo Qartli Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Domestic Violence in Georgia Court decisions on suppression of DV, protection and support of victims of DV 2010 I-II 2008 2009 quarters Admitted for further examination 204 171 105 Dismissed 2 8 3 Examined through delivering a decision 197 159 103 Among them: satisfied 188 140 94 Terminated 1 1 0 Remained unchanged 6 10 2 Transferred to other court 0 0 0 Total completed 204 170 108 The ratio of uncompleted cases 1 1 3 Delivered provisional decision 0 1 0 Source: Supreme Court of Georgia.
Domestic Violence in Georgia Data on Victim Statistics Total number of victims, cases of which: firms, organizations persons men women 2007 2009 2010 I-II quarters 5269 12203 9624 19 20 32 5250 12183 9592 3175 7194 5792 2075 4989 3800 Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Domestic Violence in Georgia Data on Victim Statistics (continued) 2007 2009 Victims by age, persons <17 17 -24 25 -44 >44 nonspecified From total number of victims Citizens of Georgia Foreigners Stateless 2010 I-II quarters 191 1271 4845 5668 208 223 1150 3996 4155 68 84 659 2192 2270 45 12016 139 26 9377 206 9 5124 123 3
Domestic Violence in Georgia
Domestic Violence in Georgia
Domestic Violence in Georgia Useful Links • • www. genderindex. org www. stats. oecd. org http: /my. genderindex. org twitter gender facebook wikigender google earth-OECD
Useful Links • http: //www. avng. ge - Anti Violence Network of Georgia • www. ginsc. net - Gender Information Portal in the Southern Caucasus • www. nasilie. net - Domestic Violence • www. antitraf. net – No Trafficking • www. youthknot. net - “Youth Line” of the European Network • www. ywnsc. net - Young Women’s Network in South Caucasus
Domestic Violence in Georgia Thank You For Attention
Domestic Violence in Georgia Lia Charekishvili, Head of Sub-Division of Social Infrastructure, Social Statistics Division, Responsible for Gender Statistics. E-mail: licha@geostat. ge
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