„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
“I was 18 when I started wearing black: first my parents died, then my husband and then my child. Perched on the top of the mountain, Tskeri is the last village in the Khada Gorge. I have been living here since I got married. I
I suppose my marriage at an early age happened because, for some reason, I believed I was ready for this responsibility. Later I realized it wasn’t that easy if the responsibility is one-sided only. I was sixteen and I learned a hard way that women
„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