Report / White Paper

Georgia became an independent state in 1991. Since independence, Georgia has made efforts to
improve the situation of women, but these efforts must be reviewed against the larger political

Since 1960, a section has existed in Government to look after the interests of women. In 1987,
the Government established the Department for Women and Culture as the first national
machinery for gender in Fiji.

The period 1995 to 2014 has been a period of economic growth led by increased agricultural production,
exports, and remittances from international migration, lowering of dependency on external aid and a

Significant progress and achievements were made in improvement of legislation to ensure women rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan and implement state policy in the above

National review on Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session o

After fall of Taliban, and as a country in transition, Afghanistan is faced with many political, social, cultural and economic challenges. In the past three decades, the

To consolidate peace after war is a long-term process; to consolidate democracy is an even
longer one. There are no quick fixes. Ultimately, consolidating peace in any country depends
on the people of that country. They alone must determine the path to peace—the international

This report includes a tool for carrying out self-assessments of the state of local democracy. The assessment tool was developed by International IDEA and has been used with great success to carry out assessments in many countries, including new as well as old democracies, throughout the world.