Transcript Sub-Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics 27-29 September, 2010 ● Tbilisi, Georgia Lela Bakradze, National Programme Analyst, UNFPA/Georgia.

Sub-Regional Workshop on Gender Statistics
27-29 September, 2010 ● Tbilisi, Georgia
Lela Bakradze,
National Programme Analyst,
UNFPA/Georgia
 Background
 Research
of the project;
objectives;
 Methodology;
 HH
population and characteristics of the
respondents;
 Selected
indicators of the quantitative
survey: prevalence, health consequences of
DV, sharing the violence experienced, coping
mechanisms.
Combating Gender-based Violence in the South
Caucasus – the first region-wide project to hold
a multi-pronged approach to combat genderbased violence through:
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Informing, communicating and educating the
public on gender rights and issues;
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Engendering laws, policies and plans;
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Supporting establishment of service mechanisms
to prevent, protect and respond to GBV acts;
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Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of efforts
aiming at addressing GBV.
 The
first comprehensive survey in the
country on DV with the biggest sample;
 The
research combines quantitative and
qualitative approach in exploring the causes
and consequences of DV, as well as
perceptions and attitudes towards DV;
 The
questionnaire used in the quantitative
survey is based on the WHO methodology,
which allows for cross-cultural comparison;
 The
first survey collecting data on physical
and sexual violence for under-aged group of
women;
 To
obtain nationwide data on DV against
women that will enable the
formation/improvement of policies and
programmes at the state level;
 To
provide reliable data for all stakeholders
for better advocacy of human rights and
women rights;
 ACT
Research
 Centre for Social Science
GeoStat granted the access to the Census
cluster database
Qualitative data collected in Samtskhe-Javakheti region
within the frames of the UN Trust Fund to End
Violence Against Women funded Project
“Interdepartmental and Public Measures for
Elimination of Family Violence in Georgia”.
Objective: To obtain data on the prevalence of
forms of DV against women for urban and rural
settlements and for the capital and the country
as a whole
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Sample design used a weighted, stratified and
multistage cluster sample approach;
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Sampling was based on the Clusters Database
available at the GeoStat and 2 listing/updating
processes were performed;
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The target sample size was 5,080 HH;
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2,391 interviews with women were completed.
 Survey
Questionnaire:
Designed based on the methodology of the
WHO “WHO Multi-country Study on
Women's Health and Domestic Violence
against Women”.
2 Questionnaires were used:
 HH questionnaire;
 Questionnaire for individual interviews.
 Field-work plan: diversified approach for
Tbilisi, regional cities and village areas,
including quality control methodology;
Objective:
 Understanding of the concept of violence by women
and men (perceptions and attitudes, experiences and
coping strategies);
 Identifying the personal, institutional and cultural
peculiarities of GBV in Georgia;
14 Focus Groups (rural and urban women; rural and
urban men; experts in DV field; Service providers;
police officers) and
34 in-depth interviews
were conducted and analyzed
2 Participant observations were performed at a DV
shelter
Table 3.4 Background characteristics of the respondents
Per cent distribution of women according to education and marital status
Georgia, 2009
Per cent
Unweighted number of
women
No education
0.5
[11]
Incomplete secondary
9.8
193
Complete Secondary
31.1
731
Technical
25.4
656
Higher
33.2
800
Never married
27
530
Currently married
68
1722
Widowed
2
57
Divorced/separated
3
82
100
2391
Background characteristics
Education
Marital Status
Total
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6.9% of women reported having experienced physical
violence;
3.9% of women reported having experienced sexual violence
(64% were married and 37% were unmarried);
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2.3% of women said they had experienced both – physical
and sexual violence;
14.3% of women reported having experienced emotional
violence;
6.0% of women said they have to give some of the money
they earn to their husband/partner;
4.7% of women admitted that their husbands/partners took
their earnings against their will;
35.9% of women reported having experienced acts intended
to control their behaviour by their husbands or partners;
Table 4.1: Physical violence experienced by women.
Percentage of women who experienced physical violence according to background variables
Georgia, 2009
Place of residence
Physical violence
Education
Physical
violence
capital
32.1
secondary
27.8
rural
36.9
technical
33.4
urban
30.9
higher
21.1
Physical
violence
Age
Physical violence
Independent income
15-24
-
yes
28.5
no
71.5
25-34
32.2
35-44
43
45-49
-
 78.3%
of women think that family problems
should only be discussed within a family;
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capital 21,7%, urban 30.3% and rural 48, 0%.
 52.1%
of women think that if a man mistreats
his wife, others outside the family should not
intervene;
 30.7% of women think that family abuse is a
private affair and the law should not
interfere;
 34.1% of women think husbands are justified
in beating their wives in certain cases.
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Every 11th woman in a marriage or serious relationship is a
victim of physical abuse; among those 60.3% has had
injusires more than one time;
The most frequent forms of injuries are scratch, abrasion,
bruise (84,4%) and internal injuries (29,1%);
18,8% of women reports brain concussion due to the
violence of husband/partner,
15,3% of women who have ever been victims of their
husband’s/partner’s physical or sexual violence, have
needed medical assistance at least once;
Only one third of injured women receive appropriate
medical care always, when needed;
2.7% of women who have ever been pregnant experienced
physical violence;
The number of women reporting that physical or sexual
violence by a partner has significantly affected their
health, was three times as high as the number of women
who said it had no effect at all (56.7% vs 17.3%).
Table 6.3B. Sharing the violence experienced
Georgia 2009
Background
Police
Health
Priest
characteristics
worker
Type of
residence
Urban
Rural
Tbilisi
Education
Incomplete
secondary
Complete
secondary
Technical
Higher
Independent
income
Yes
No
Georgia
NGO/women's
organization
Grandmother
Spouses
relatives
2.2
1.3
2.6
0
3
2.6
3.5
1.7
5.1
3
0
0
2.1
0
0
0
1.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2.5
2.4
2.2
4.2
2.4
0
2.4
5.9
3
0
0
4.2
0
2.1
0
0
1.6
0
4.5
1
2
4.5
0.9
1.9
5.2
2.5
3.2
0
1.3
1
0
0.9
0.7
0
0.7
0.5
Mostly women receive help from:
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their own parents (37.9%),
husband's family (17.5%),
friends (15.7%),
brother or sister (11.2%),
neighbours (9.8%),
children (9.4%),
uncle or aunt (3.5%),
priest (1.8%),
police (0.5%)
38% - are not able to receive any assistance
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More than 40% of women ever experienced
violence have left home due to
husband/partner’s violent behavior;
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The main reason for going back to an abusive
husband are related to family and children;
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The most frequently cited reasons for never
leaving home:
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the fear of giving the family a bad name – 32.3%;
the prospect of losing the children – 25.2%;
they had nowhere to go - 14.9%
The main obstacle to be overcome on the way to
achieving the ideal situation free from domestic
violence is lack of women’s empowerment
(awareness and independent income);
 Promotion of human rights/equal rights for all in
general in the country will have a positive
impact on family relations;
 In an ideal world men should make women’s
burden lighter through sharing responsibilities
with them at home and outside the home;
 Parents should make equal contributions in
raising their children.
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