Gender Statistics in Georgia

Lia CharekishviliLia CharekishviliHead of Social Infrastructure Statistics Sub-Head of Social Infrastructure Statistics Sub-

Division,Division,Responsible for Gender StatisticsResponsible for Gender Statistics

National Statistics Office of Georgia

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Gender Equality in Georgia

Certain institutional and legal steps have been taken in Georgia towards achievement of greater gender equality. •Establishment of Advisory Council on Gender Equality Issues at the Speaker of the Parliament in December 2004;

•Establishment of Governmental Commission for Gender Equality Issues in September 2007;

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Gender Equality in Georgia• In fall 1994 Georgia ratified CEDAW without

reservations;• Georgia submitted Initial Report to CEDAW in 1998

(instead of 1995) and 2nd and 3rd Periodic Reports in 2003 (Govt. and Shadow reports);

• Adoption of State Concept of Gender Equality in 2006;• Adoption of anti-trafficking and domestic violence laws

in 2006;• Elaboration of Gender Equality Law, that passed the

first hearing in the Parliament in Fall 2009.

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Gender Statistics in Georgia

I would like to inform you that Georgia was actively involved in presentation of the data for UNECE Gender Statistics Website for Europe and North America in 2002, 2007 and 2009 years.

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Women in Political Decision-Making

Women MPs – 4%Women in local self-governance – 11%Women in the Cabinet – 0 out of 18 (0%)Women in judiciary 49%

Gender Empowerment Measure – 79 out of 93 countries (HDR 2007-2008)

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Parliament Membership

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Women & Men in Local Governance

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Horizontal and Vertical Gender Segregation

• The majority of women are employed in the low-paying fields of agriculture, education, healthcare and light industry;

• Average nominal monthly salary of women is 54 % of that of men (2008 data)• 85% of self-employed women and 74% of

self-employed men work in the field of agriculture

• Women constitute 83% of education sector workers and 85% of healthcare workers

• Few women own small businesses

(Source: Department of Statistics, Women and Men in Georgia, 2008)

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Horizontal and Vertical Gender Segregation

Population aged 15+ by economic status in 2008, thousand

  Women Men

Economically active population (Labor force) 889.7 1028.0

Employed 746.3 855.6

Hired 259.2 313.1

Self-employed 487.0 541.5

not identified 0.1 1.0

Unemployed 143.4 172.4

Population outside labor force 772.9 372.2

Unemployment rate, % 16.1 16.8

Activity rate, % 53.5 73.4

Employment rate, % 44.9 61.1

Source: Department of Statistics, GeorgiaSource: Department of Statistics, Georgia

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Horizontal and Vertical Gender Segregation

Average monthly nominal salary of employed by economic activity and sex in 2008

 Total,GEL

of which:

Female Male

Total 534.9 367.7 678.4

Agriculture, hunting & forestry 299.3 267.1 312.7

Fishing 211.1 175.8 217.5

Mining & quarrying 808.9 795.1 811.4

Manufacturing 510.5 354.1 585.6

Electricity, gas & water supply 738.3 679.1 766.7

Construction 597.3 515.2 602.6

Wholesale&retail trade;repair of motor vehicles,persona&household goods 510.6 399.2 601.9

Hotels & restaurants 333.6 252.9 473.9

Transport, storage & communications 667.7 531.7 711.2

Financial intermediation 1343.5 1195.1 1508.9

Real estate, renting & business activities 540.1 423.8 597.3

Public administration & defense; compulsory social security 869.5 701.1 918.2

Education 243.7 232.4 286.3

Health & social work 305.8 263.0 460.6

Other community, social & personal service activities 408.7 338.1 482.7

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