UN Women is a United Nations agency working on the promotion of gender equality and empowerment of women. The purpose of the foundation of the organization was to protect the interests of women and girls around the world and to meet their priorities. UN Women supports the UN Member States in the development of universal standards of gender equality; cooperates with governments and civil society in the process of developing legislations, policies, programmes and services in compliance with the mentioned standards. UN Women promotes women’s equal participation in all spheres of life and particularly focuses on five main areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation in public life; elimination of violence against women; ensuring women’s participation in all aspects of peace and security processes; economic empowerment of women; integration of the principles of gender equality, as an important priority, in the planning of country’s development and budget. In addition, the organization coordinates and promotes gender equality-related activities within the UN system. The views expressed in this publication belong to the author and may not express the views of UN Women, the United Nations or any of its member organizations. The document was prepared with the financial support of the Swedish government within the framework of the UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality in Georgia.