Impact of Transformation of Impact of Transformation of Economic Policy on Gender Economic Policy on Gender

Equality Equality

Mikheil DjiboutiMikheil Djibouti Georgia, Tbilisi, 1 April 2008 Georgia, Tbilisi, 1 April 2008

Importance of gender issues increasedRevealed unsolved problemsInstitutional and economical dimensions of gender issuesGender standards in constitution of GeorgiaTransformation of ender standards in legislative norms and actsGender expertiseAmendment on legislative acts

•Harmonization of legislation acts

•Introduction of of gender expertise standards in the parliament of Georgia

•Law on gender equality and harmonization

•Not only equal rights, but equal possibilities of realization of rights.

•Labor Code

1.Our Practice: Market Policy introduction without considering of gender equality and human being

2.New Task: Gender sensitive social policy

3.Economic growth if social policy is neglected cannot provide poverty reduction.

4.Social factor as result and precondition of economic growth

•Gender strategy in respect of family, state, civil society, business.•Gender budget – To what expand is the strategy of Georgian government?

•Gender – not only as result of state expenditures but as resource of economic growth.•Women's labor forces as economic potential•Gender – as investment in economy

•Gender- demographic dimension

•Gender- emigration issues

Urgent need:

•Researches

•Statistical information

•Methodology

•Monitoring

•Transparency of state and municipality budgets

•Women's economic independence