Rape as socio cultural phenomenon – a key to tackle gender based violence, in L'EUROPE UNIE/UNITED EUROPE PARIS, EU Enlargement and Resilience: Legal and Economic Reforms on Georgia's Path to Integration, L'Europe unie/United Europe - special volume

22/2025 L'EUROPE UNIE/UNITED EUROPE PARIS, EU Enlargement and Resilience: Legal and Economic Reforms on Georgia's Path to Integration, L'Europe unie/United Europe - special volume - no 22/2025 Paris-Cluj Napoca / coord.: Mihaela Daciana Natea, Simion Costea. - Cluj-Napoca: Napoca Star, 2025, 174 pages. ISBN 978-630-354-001-6; PARIS: Print ISSN: 0248-2851, On line ISSN: 2743-4052 Linking ISSN (ISSN-L): 2743-4052, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36685.14562, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15109951, Rape as socio cultural phenomenon – a key to tackle gender based violence(Rape as socio cultural phenomenon – a key to tackle gender based violence) Author(s): Grigol Kherkheulidze, Irine KHERKHEULIDZE Language: English Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences Issue: 22/22/2025 Page Range: 143-155 No. of Pages: 13 Keywords: Gender stereotypes; gender based violence; socio cultural; the Istanbul Convention; rape. Summary/Abstract: Significant changes have been made in last decade in terms of empowering women – both on individual and a class level. The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence with its all encompassing and groundbreaking nature safeguards women rights through diverse means. Nonetheless, gender based violence against women, including rape is still pervasive in our societies, undermining universal clause on gender equality. This article approaches rape, as one of the forms of gender based violence. It disassembles the phenomenon of rape into pieces with a view of examining its socio cultural genesis.