„I think my life would be easier if I were a boy. I used to keep a diary a few years ago. Reading the records made during the holidays I found out that I always complained about one and the same thing – my elder
„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
„In the years 2003-2008, I worked in a bank as a loan officer. This is where I realized for the first time how many women are actually discriminated at workplace. The first shock came when I read a work contract where the length of my
„In our culture, single women are classified into two groups: unmarried and to-be-married. There is zero tolerance to a woman’s free will. On the contrary, if a woman is not married by a certain age, she becomes suspicious in the public eye. I frequently 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
“I think after the right to life, freedom of choice is the most fundamental right of a human being. People with disabilities cannot choose where to receive education, where to work, or where to go on a holiday. The government (or the society) dictates them
“I love summer most of all, because I rejoice at the start of the holiday season when people arrive and I get to meet old and new friends. We gather in the area of the pine grove of Kobuleti. Everything - cafes, bars, discotheques -
"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