**Parliament Approves Change to Remove “Gender” from Laws**
The Georgian Parliament has passed a bill that removes the term “gender” from the country’s legislative framework. The change also abolishes gender equality councils in the Parliament and municipalities.
This decision affects 16 different laws. The law “On Gender Equality” will be renamed “On Equality of Women and Men.” Other changes include replacing terms such as:
* “Gender issues” with “Issues of equality between women and men”
* “Intolerance based on gender” with “Intolerance towards equality between women and men”
* “Gender-sensitive” with “sensitive to sex-based characteristics”
The ruling majority believes that the term “gender” was imposed from outside, and they are removing it along with “gender identity” from the laws. They claim that introducing this artificial term reflected global trends, but posed challenges for the state.
**Global Trends**
According to the bill’s initiators, these changes were inspired by foreign influence. They cite an example from the previous US administration, where guidelines were issued advising employees to avoid using terms like “boys,” “ladies and gentlemen,” and instead use gender-neutral alternatives.
The bill argues that these negative processes remain relevant abroad, but discussions intensified under Donald Trump’s presidency about the dishonest motives behind this ideological push. They claim it was a pragmatic calculation aimed at interfering in other states’ internal affairs and gaining influence over them.
**Who Proposed the Bill**
The bill was authored and initiated by members of the ruling “Georian Dream” party and “People’s Power.” The list of authors includes several high-profile politicians, including Archil Gorduladze, Tornike Cheishvili, Rati Ionatamishvili, and others.
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