"The family has never restricted my freedom or made me stay at home. Quite the opposite, as soon as I started walking I went out and have been out ever since. But I had some problems with finding a job. I sent my job applications
"I first realized it at the age of eight or nine, when I discovered that I developed ‘strange’ feelings towards girls. I was a smart child and of course, I started to rationalize it. What is happening and why is it happening to me? I
„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