„I was 27 when my neighbor killed my husband in a brawl between neighbors. I was left with my two minor children, 1-year-old Ana and 6-year-old Mariam. I also had sick and bedridden mother-in-law and father-in-law. I was the only bread-winner and had to take
"I would like to talk about the challenges I have faced since the birth of my child. My kid will turn 11 months soon and I have just seen the light at the end of the tunnel, but I cannot say yet that I have
“I was born in Telavi. My father was deaf and my mother was hearing impaired. I had a grandmother, a very educated woman, who brought me up and gave me various skills so that I could avoid discrimination in that environment. As you know, during
"In 1992, my husband passed away. Abkhazia was already in turmoil. In only forty days after my husband’s death I had to flee Gagra with my two young children - the girl was nine years old and the boy was only seven. You know the
„I was 21 when I was kidnapped. We were under the Communist rule then and every religion was persecuted. Families had to practice their religion in secret or stay away from the church. I was still not baptized when I got married. One day, my
“Biological sex creates numerous barriers for a woman in our culture. I have personally suffered from it at every stage of my life – from my early marriage to my career advancement, I’ve had to establish myself over and over again, to prove that I
We left Abkhazia on September 29, 1993, and went to our cousin in Zugdidi. We were destitute, without any means to provide for ourselves, so we decided to head for Tbilisi. I was a teacher, so we were offered to live into a dorm. They
“I was raised by my grandparents since I was born. My mother left me and my father died when I was 6 months old. I have done all the housework since childhood. I have had my own hens, pigs and turkeys, which were my source
"I realized in my early childhood that females represented the ‘inferior sex’. There were two children in the family - my sister and me. We often heard from our father that he was not motivated in life because he did not have a son -