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[email protected] web-site: www.taso.org.ge ISBN: 978-9941-9009-0-7 2 GENDER AND DEMOCRATIZATION: THE CASE OF GEORGIA 1991-2006 Tamar Sabedashvili Tbilisi 2007 3 4 CONTENTS PREFACE ........................................................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 9 WOMEN IN GEORGIA’S TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY ................................................................................. 11 GENDER EQUALITY ISSUES IN GEORGIA’S LAWS AND POLICIES ............................................................................ 21 DEMOCRATIZATION,