“When I was 23 years old, I got married, loved my husband and my child was six months when I divorced him – we fought constantly. Since then, he has never helped me with anything, nor is he paying the alimony, and now that Niniko
‘’I was born and raised in Tbilisi. I was the only child in my family and my parents struggled to raise me. We recently paid back all of our bank obligations and private loans, which we had to take to ensure I had access to
„I was 23. It happened exactly 12 years ago, on 7th of July. I left my 1 and 3-year-old girls with my mother and went to my brother-in-law’s wedding together with my husband. The driver was drunk. I do not remember the accident moment itself.
„I’ve always had this feeling that I was “nobody’s child”. I was born in Telavi in 1981, without a father. When I was born, my father had another family and he had left my mother during her pregnancy. Imagine how difficult it must have been
I was married at 22 and lived for 7 years with a man who was completely different from me. My eldest child, Mariam was diagnosed with hydrocephalus caused by birth trauma. They discharged us from the hospital, not telling us there was something wrong with
“He is a boy, so when he grows up he’s going to be ashamed of having his mother’s last name,” – this is what I’ve been told repeatedly, but I refuse to agree. I don’t think that as a parent I am responsible for ensuring
„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
„For years, I worked in the Tbilisi Public Healthcare Center. Let me tell you what those times were like. Sometimes I had to go from Vake to Saburtalo on foot. The small salary I received, in coupons, I gave to my mother for food. I
„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