Representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, within the framework of the 16-day global campaign on gender-based violence held a working meeting with media representatives on the issues of media coverage of violence.
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs - Aleksandre Darakhvelidze, Deputy Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia - Tamila Barkalaia and the Director of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) - Sarah Rupert, addressed the event participants.
At the workshop, which was attended up to twenty representatives of various media outlets, the Director of the Human Rights Protection and Investigation Quality Monitoring Department - Giorgi Osadze and the Director of Agency for State Care and Assistance for the (Statutory) Victims of Human Trafficking - Meri Maglaperidze provided the journalists with information on the activities carried out by the entities in the direction of fight against violence against women.
During the two-day workshop, the media representatives had the opportunity to learn in detail and discuss such issues as: ethical coverage of cases of violence based on the analysis of local and international practices, taking into account the aspects of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women (“Istanbul Convention”) - complaints, victim-oriented approaches, the role of the media in the fight against gender-based crimes, the rule of operation of the electronic surveillance means and etc. The meeting attendees were also informed about the activities and novelties planned by the entities within the 16-day global campaign on gender-based violence.
The workshop was held at the initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with the involvement of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, in cooperation with the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has been cooperating with the Ministry of Internal Affairs for many years in the directions of domestic violence, juvenile crime prevention, cybercrime and etc.
