On February 27, 2026, Deputy Public Defender of Georgia Irine Chikhladze and Head of the Gender Department Sophio Rusetski met with members of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO).

GREVIO is an group of independent experts that monitors the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in member states and assesses both the progress achieved at the legislative and policy levels and the challenges in practice.

The purpose of the visit to Georgia is to comprehensively assess the situation of gender equality and prevention of violence against women and domestic violence in the country.

The meeting discussed the legislative and practical challenges in terms of prevention of violence against women and domestic violence, and the protection and empowerment of victims, as well as the issues of early/child marriage, including forced child marriage. Special attention was paid to the femicide monitoring mechanism.

The participants in the meeting agreed to continue active cooperation.