UNDP
Georgia
In Georgia, a 2017 study revealed that 14 percent of ever-partnered women between the ages of 15 and 64 report having been sexually or physically abused by their partners. UNDP investigated, including through micro-narrative research, what keeps bystanders from reporting violence. The results have been used to develop a behaviourally informed information campaign that is being unrolled in community centres across the country, to change the perception that intimate partner violence is a private matter and to increase bystanders’ and survivors’ confidence and motivation to take action. A randomized control trial is being carried out to assess the intervention’s impact on reporting rates. At the same time, the partners have worked on improving the service delivery of hotline staff, to ensure that once incidents are reported, they are addressed in an appropriate manner.