U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland joined Georgia's Deputy Minister of Health Davit Lomidze and representatives of national and international nongovernmental organizations at a presentation of assistive and adaptive mobility equipment for persons with disabilities in Georgia.
At this event organized by the Coalition for Independent Living (CIL) and the Neurodevelopment Center (NDC), the USAID supported Wheelchair Production Network project is presenting a new, lightweight, electric wheelchair and postural support seating products.
U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland attended a Roundtable on Political Party Funding and Women’s Participation in Political Life on Tuesday, March 12. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supports several projects that promote women’s political participation in Georgia.
U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland attended the 2nd Roundtable on Political Party Funding and Women’s Participation in Political Life on Tuesday, March 12 in Tbilisi. The U.S. Government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supports several projects that promote women’s political participation.
Georgians with disabilities face significant societal, physical, and legislative barriers to equal participation in their country’s electoral and political processes. A significant inhibiting factor for Georgia’s disability community is a lack of awareness, shortcomings in the electoral framework inadequacies of electoral procedures and full and equal access at polling stations.
On February 27, U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland addressed legislative, societal and physical barriers that prevent the disability community in Georgia from achieving full political and electoral enfranchisement spoke at a conference in Tbilisi.
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