Sex

Sex selective abortion is likely less common in Georgia than previously thought

11 January, 2017

Sex-selective abortion in Georgia is a topic that has caught international attention. From an Economist article published in September 2013 to a 2015 UN report, Georgia tends to be portrayed as having one of the worst sex-selective abortion problems in…

Georgia: A Liberal or Socially Conservative Country?

12 June, 2012

How justified is it for Georgian women to bear a child or have sex outside of wedlock? Is the Georgian population tolerant towards homosexuals? What are views on issues such as these in the light of the western-oriented political course…

Boy or Girl? Child Gender Preference in the South Caucasus

26 December, 2011

Survey data shows that there is a strong preference for male children over female children throughout the South Caucasus. As mentioned in the March 4, 2010 edition of The Economist, after 1991 there has been an increase in the ratio of…

How Does Gender Determine Roles and Behaviors of Women in and outside of Georgian Families?

7 September, 2011

We would like to present the third report from the Caucasus Barometer Report Writing Competition held by CRRC in spring 2011 and written by Mariam Naskidashvili. The first and the second reports were published earlier this summer. The report concerns the roles and behavior…

Sex, Lies and EU Red Tape

24 February, 2011

The internal workings of the European Union (EU) are notoriously yawnsome matters. However, in a survey from 2008, CRRC aimed to give an overview of Georgians’ understanding of and attitudes to the EU – including some hot topics concerning orientations…