Disability in Georgia

Nina’s story: How assistive technology is improving her quality of life (2022, WHO)

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A crisis within the disability rights movement Publication with an interview with Esma Gumberidze exploring corruption and how disability activists can be silenced. (2023, Swedish Development Forum)

How does the property of blind people become someone else’s behind closed doors? Investigative feature on the Union of the Blind, established in 1926. (In Georgian, 2023, Investigative Journalists' Team)

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Overview

The Cost of Raising a Child with Disabilities The Goods and Services Required for the Equal Participation of Children with Disabilities. (2023, UNICEF)

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Social Protection

Pension or disability assistance: an unfair choice? “an older person with disabilities has to choose to receive either a disability benefit or an old-age pension.” (2022, Development Pathways)

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Exploring visions of inclusion: women’s disability activism in Georgia. (2022)

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Georgian court orders government to provide assistant to person with disabilities. (2022, OC Media)

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The EU Accession Process: Report and Guidance for Organisations of Persons with Disabilities:

“As part of accession negotiations, Ukraine and Moldova have to undertake a series of complex, long-term reforms in order to align with EU standards in the disability domain such as deinstitutionalisation, reform of the disability assessment system, ensuring an inclusive open labour market and education, among others.” (2024, EDF)

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Situation Analysis of the rights of persons with disabilities. (2022, UNPRPD)

Situation Analysis of the Rights of People with Disabilities Describes legislative and policy progress but "despite these changes, little has improved in the daily lives of many persons with disabilities in Georgia". (2022, UNDP)

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The Struggles of Disabled People in Georgia

“One of the most shocking incidents occurred on December 3, 2024, when people with disabilities gathered to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities. These protests, meant to raise awareness and demand equal rights, were met with brutal violence from law enforcement.” (Jan, ENIL)

Persons with disabilities hold protest in Tbilisi to protest the Georgian government's anti-EU turn:

“Isolation from democratic countries means isolating the entire nation, and especially the isolation of the disability community” (2024, OC Media)

People with disabilities call for ‘return to European orbit’ a statement. (2024, OC Media)

What type of country we become Disabled people between Georgia’s Soviet legacy and European future:

“As disabled people, whatever happens in the world affects us. In article I explain how larger geopolitical battles also play out in the disability community. On the one hand the legacy of the Soviet Union is still present. And on the other hand Europe gives us an ideal of what rights can look like, even as they are held out of reach.” (2024, Disability Debrief)

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Evacuating or Leaving Ukraine

Disability and Displacement: Ukraine War's Impact on Georgia and challenges faced by refugees with disabilities. (Jan, UNPRPD)

WHO supports an inclusive response to refugees with disabilities in Georgia. (2023, WHO)

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