On January 9, UnMode and Harm Reduction International submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) a shadow report from civil society representatives on Georgia.
“Many women who use drugs or are dependent on drugs in Georgia are married or have civil partners and children, and tend to suffer disproportionately from poverty and/or financial dependence on a male partner,” the report says. .
The Shadow Report illustrates in numbers the structural and systemic violence and discrimination that women who use drugs in Georgia suffer, shows the different ways in which they are criminalized and marginalized, and examines the impact on their access to basic rights, such as the right to health.
The report focuses on the following topics:
• Access to justice and prison conditions;
• Access to harm reduction services;
• Impact of COVID-19 on economic vulnerability and domestic violence.
UnMode's comment: We have included in the report cases that have been documented since 2019. Together with country partners, we conduct Monitoring of violations of rights in Georgia on an ongoing basis. In this report, we have focused on women who use drugs, as well as women in prison. Thanks to our partners Harm Reduction International who took the lead in preparing the final version of the report. Because of the data collected directly from the beneficiaries, the document turned out to fully reflect the situation with the violation of the rights of women who use drugs in Georgia.
To download the Report tap here