„A scene in a kindergarten: - Why are you crying?! You are not a sissy, are you?!” – The preschool teacher scolds my son. - Calling someone sissy is rude! Besides, boys cry too! – My angry son retorts. I am summoned to the kindergarten. In my opinion, fostering
„I have always wanted to be a film director. When the film degree program was opened for the first time in the Batumi Arts Institute and they started accepting applications, somebody spread the inside information that they did not accept girls. The Institute officials apparently
„I am a doctor, a surgeon, and a mother of two. I faced opposition from my relatives at the time of making a decision as to which career to pursue. They explained that surgeons had to work very hard and a woman, whose duty was
„I was in the third month of pregnancy when I was widowed. I was too young when my son was born. They family helped me in bringing up the child but I used to work a lot: I worked in a greenhouse. After working hours
(A lawyer, who works with a team of scouts to promote micro and small enterprises as part of the state program Enterprise Georgia. Christine is a democracy and education activist). „Discrimination based on gender has been so inherent to our everyday life that society seems to
"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
“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
“I was in the eighth grade at school when I accompanied my mother to Turkey to assist her in working on a plantation. We worked hard to make ends meet. When the time came for me to choose my profession, I decided to select the