Woman Presidential Candidate - one step forward, two steps back? If such female candidate will become a president, it will burdensome women's engagement in politics. Full article is only available in Georgian. By Read Politics
Toasts to women in the 2018 Presidential Elections of Georgia Why do the politicians think, that women voters needs are specific issues that is beyond the qualification of the Presidential candidates? Full article is only available in Georgian. By Eka Imerlishvili and Read Politics
Gender Policy of 4th President of Georgia What did Giorgi Margvelashvili manage to accomplish in terms of gender equality, empowerement of vulnarable groups and better protection of human rights? Full article is available only in Georgian. By Read Politics
Public Debate: Political Campaigns - Gender Stereotypes and Gendered Subjects On November 21, 2017 South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation hosted a debate, where findgs of the analysis, made under the project Read Politics have been presented.
Competition of Masculinities in the Georgian Politics - Gendered Agenda of Pre-Election Programs Analysis of the pre-election campaigns during the 2017 local elections in Georgia highlights that political debates transformed into the competetion of masculinities, which had to prove the winner based on the masculine hierarchies. By Mariam Tchantchaleishvili and Read Politics
Natia Gvianishvili: "Politicians Should See Women as Voters too" "What I always expected from a female politician was more sensitivity towards the gender related issues. This expectation turned our to be very naive." By Read Politics
Playing with Existing Rules: Reproduction of Gender Norms in Pre-Election Programs 2017 local elections in Georgia proved that women's and gender issues are in view of political agenda, but political campaigns still follow traditional, masculine ways to do politics. By Mariam Tchantchaleishvili and Read Politics
Interview with Elene Khoshtaria - Local Elections 2017 "For the sake of strengthening of women's political participation, it is very important to guarantee that women do not appear in the party lists only before election period". By Read Politics
Politics of Exclusion: What is Required from a Female Politician? Project "Read Politics" analyzed schemes of arguments the voters used to discuss female politicians during 2017 local elections: how they justified or rejected involvement of women into politics. By Mariam Tchantchaleishvili and Read Politics
Local Elections: Gender Stereotypes and Gendered Subjects Local elections 2017 in Georgia have been observed and analyzed by the project Read Politics in terms of gender stereotypes and its influence on political subjects and their campaigns. By Mariam Tchantchaleishvili and Read Politics