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A discussion in English of the week in Georgia (the one near Chechnya not the one near Alabama) Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები
Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. That's it. Nothing scary about it.
კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები.
The MEME this week is a video of a regular Georgian woman speaking about violence against women, as part of a public opinion poll conducted by PalitraTV. She believes that “99% of women deserve to be beaten daily” because most Georgian women have become insolent towards men. Link: http://bit.ly/1wxsgKP
THINGS TO READ
Nina Jobe writes for The Balkanist on the new residency laws and the problems it causes for Georgia’s Javakheti Armenians – many of whom received Russian citizenship for economic work purposes. Link: http://bit.ly/1z6EHQt
The latest infographic from JumpStart Georgia, on violence against children in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1tb2HQ5
Journalist Anna Nemtsova interviews President Margvelashvili for Foreign Policy magazine blog Democracy Lab. Link: http://atfp.co/1rtDQk0
Spiegel has a profile on Omar Al-Shishani, the Pankisi native and IS commander in Syria. It’s in German. Link: http://bit.ly/ZQRozE
Monica Ellena for Eurasianet has another piece in a series on the Georgian education system. Now she examined advancements in inclusive education in public schools and integrating students with special needs. Link: http://bit.ly/ZQRoQ4
Cristina Maza writes for Transitions Online on the culture of private tutoring in Georgia — the only way for students to pass their university entrance exams. Link: http://bit.ly/1yx1aDd
Madona Gasanova has an interesting report for The Financial on condom use in Georgia. Link: http://bit.ly/1tSAcrb