GPB Director General to open EBU webinar on International Women's Day

18:17, 01.03.2021

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) will host a webinar opened by Tinatin Berdzenishvili, the General Director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, Chair of EBU Gender Equality Group on International Women’s Day.

This event is a part of the series of events and activities organized by the EBU to mark International Women’s Day on March 8.

Tinatin Berdzenishvili will open the discussion panel at the virtual workshop Women’s Representation in PSM Content. EBU’s Vanessa O’Connor and representatives from a range of broadcasters, including the BBC, ZDF, ARD, Rai, LRT and RTE will join the panel.

GPB Director General will also take part in the discussion of the challenges of women in leadership. Berdzenishvili will speak about the steps she has taken to improve gender balance at Georgian broadcasting. The live broadcast of the panel will be available on Instagram.

According to EBU, 45% of public service media’s employees are women (6% more than the industry average), who achieve great success as leaders.

By - Tamar Tabatadze

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