Question about the event Ambassador Degnan: I’m very pleased to be here today for the LGBTQI+ Pride Week Regional Conference to discuss the issues and challenges facing the LGBTQI+ community in Georgia and in the region. The Biden administration has placed human rights at the centerpiece of our foreign policy. This is because we deeply …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 June, 2022 | Topics: Ambassador, Embassy, Events, Gender Issues, Human Rights, Key Officials, News
Joint Statement by the Trilateral Working Group on Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls, Following the 21st session of UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues The text of the following statement was released by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States following the 21st session of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 16 May, 2022 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: and Migration, Bureau of Population, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Gender-Based Violence, Refugees
The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union. Begin Text. We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 12 May, 2022 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Afghanistan, Human Rights, Office of Global Women’s Issues, Office of the Spokesperson, Taliban, Women's Rights
With the support of the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Bureau of the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, five Victim and Witness Advocates of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MOIA) attended an International Conference on Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Reimagining Justice organized by End Violence Against Women International in San Francisco, California …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 3 May, 2022 | Topics: Gender Issues, Human Rights, News, U.S. & Georgia, U.S. Agencies | Tags: INL
The digital world holds great promise to amplify the voices of women, girls and LGBTQI+ individuals. But it also has given rise to new forms of gender-based abuse and harassment. Gender-based online violence is a human rights issue that must be tackled on a global stage, according to a coalition of governments, international organizations and …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 26 April, 2022 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: civic equality, female leaders, international cooperation, LGBTI, women's empowerment
People around the world should have the opportunity to realize their full potential. Gender shouldn’t matter. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. That’s why the Biden-Harris administration launched what it calls the first-ever National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality . “By advancing the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQI+ persons in all their diversity, we will advance the collective prosperity, …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 December, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: Gender-Based Violence, girls' education, LGBTI, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON On November 29, International Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) Day, the United States commemorates the work of women human rights defenders: all women and girls who work for human rights, all people who defend the rights of women and girls, and all people who defend the rights to be free from …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 November, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News
This joint statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is issued by the United Nations system in Georgia, the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia, the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia and the Embassies to Georgia of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 November, 2021 | Topics: Embassy, Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE Preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV) is a human rights imperative and one this Administration is committed to championing. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, GBV impeded women and girls’ free and full participation in society. The pandemic has only exacerbated existing gender inequities, including increasing women’s economic insecurity; …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 November, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News
By Lenore T. Adkins The world recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25, a day to heighten awareness about the physical, psychological and emotional harm women face worldwide. The U.S. Department of State sees tackling violence against women as a human rights imperative. Violence threatens women’s and girls’ safety, and it sets barriers to their potential for prosperity or filling leadership …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 November, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: civic equality, female leaders, Gender-Based Violence, human trafficking, women's empowerment
Ambassador Degnan visited Kakheti Domestic Violence shelter, a small, family-equipped facility, which was fully renovated through U.S. Government funding from the Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues and the Bureau of International Law Enforcement and Narcotics. Prior to its opening in 2016 there was no such institution in Kakheti. Ambassador Degnan and Deputy …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 17 May, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Gender Issues, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, U.S. Agencies
Women are making major contributions to fire departments across the United States, achieving new milestones in a field traditionally dominated by men. In February, three women with the Washington Township Fire Department in Ohio became the department’s first all-female crew to answer a fire call. In September 2020, five women with the Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Department achieved a similar milestone, working an all-woman shift for …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 April, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: female leaders, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
The U.S. Postal Service is honoring a Chinese-American scientist for her significant contributions to nuclear physics, a field largely dominated by men. Born in China in 1912, Chien-Shiung Wu immigrated to the United States and became “one of the most influential American nuclear physicists of the 20th century,” the post office said in a November statement announcing plans to …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 February, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, News, Science & Tech | Tags: Asian Americans, innovation. science, U.S. history, women in the workforce
From mountaintops to the depths of the seas, American women scientists are tackling global problems. In the past, there were very few women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) jobs, but today women hold nearly 3 in 10 of those jobs. The United Nations has designated February 11 the International Day of Women and …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 February, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, News, Science & Tech | Tags: girls' education, mentorship, science, STEM, women in the workforce
By Noelani Kirschner American diplomats represent U.S. values abroad and embody a core tenet of American life: diversity. In the United States, anyone — regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background — can become a diplomat and represent America abroad as a member of the U.S. Foreign Service. One of the many ways the …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 January, 2021 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News, News from Washington | Tags: Asian Americans, immigration, professional development, women in the workforce, women's empowerment
By Lenore T. Adkins The National Women’s Hall of Fame has inducted six trailblazing Black women into its unique sisterhood, recognizing their contributions at the Seneca Falls, New York, birthplace of the American women’s rights movement. Its new Virtual Induction Series celebrates underrepresented women of achievement. It does this by posthumously recognizing marginalized women who were overlooked during their lifetimes or died before …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 31 December, 2020 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: African Americans, arts, civic equality, female leaders, women's empowerment
Recently, our Nation celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to our Constitution. On the commemoration of this historic day, I was proud to issue a Proclamation honoring the women’s suffrage movement and sign a full pardon for one of its greatest leaders, Susan B. Anthony, who was unjustly convicted for voting on …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 25 August, 2020 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, President of the United States
Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 11, at 2:00 p.m., Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun will host the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Virtual Event at the U.S. Department of State to celebrate the launch of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative Pillar Three Action Plans and USAID Fund. The event will include official …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 August, 2020 | Topics: Gender Issues, History, Human Rights, News | Tags: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Secretary of State, Office of Global Women’s Issues, Office of the Spokesperson, Women’s Economic Empowerment
Pompeo: The world needs courageous women (March 4) By Noelani Kirschner Peacemakers, activists, lawyers, journalists, politicians and defenders of human rights. These are the recipients of the 2020 International Women of Courage Award. “We are here to honor a quality that all of the women onstage possess, and that is courage,” said first lady Melania Trump at …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 5 March, 2020 | Topics: Gender Issues, Human Rights, News, News from Washington | Tags: Secretary Pompeo
2020 International Women of Courage Award Recipients Announced (March 4) Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo to Honor Awardees on March 4, 2020 with Special Remarks by First Lady of the United States Melania Trump On Wednesday, March 4, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will host the Annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 March, 2020 | Topics: Gender Issues, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington
Ambassador Degnan speaks about Preventing Violence against Women in Politics and Elections (March 4) Today Ambassador Kelly C. Degnan delivered remarks during the Meeting on Preventing Violence against Women in Politics and Elections organized by the United Nations. The Ambassador spoke about the growing recognition of women’s important role in leadership and how their …
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 March, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Embassy, Gender Issues, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: Ambassador Degnan, reventing Violence against Women in Politics and Elections