2024 is an important year for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Georgia Country Office. To celebrate 25 years of UNFPA in Georgia, the anniversary event and the presentation of the Friends of UNFPA Georgia were held at the Wyndham Grand Tbilisi Hotel on February 15. 

At the anniversary event, the guests were addressed by Mr. Shalva Tsiskarashvili, Director of International Organizations Department at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Ms. Mariam A. Khan, UNFPA representative in Türkiye and Country Director for Azerbaijan and Georgia, Dr. Sabine Machl, UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia, and Ms. Lela Bakradze, Head of the Georgia office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Certificates of appreciation were granted to the agencies and organizations which, in cooperation with the UNFPA, made a special contribution to the achievement of the goals and priorities of the Programme of Action of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). 

The presentation of the Friends of UNFPA Georgia was also held at the anniversary event. The Friends of UNFPA Georgia is an initiative of the UNFPA Georgia Country Office, within the framework of which, celebrities and representatives of various fields will join efforts to advocate for the goal of developing a society where every person, especially women and girls, can enjoy fundamental human rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), live in an equal environment free from gender-based violence and harmful practices, and realize their full potential.

The UNFPA Georgia Country Office was established in 1999. For 25 years, the UNFPA Georgia team has been actively working to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. By promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender equality, strengthening the policy frameworks and systems, striving for the elimination of harmful practices and combating violence against girls and women, supporting youth development, collecting quality data on population dynamics and supporting their application for planning the country’s sustainable development, the UNFPA is making a strong contribution to the advancement and development of Georgia as a democratic state.

The UNFPA Georgia team, together with its partners: state agencies, non-governmental organizations, representatives of the private sector, religious denominations, experts in various fields, activists, artists and athletes, directly contributes to the realization of fundamental human rights and actively continues to work to ensure that individuals, their rights and choices are always at the centre of sustainable development.