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Tamar Museridze | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Georgia |
| Other names | Tamuna Museridze[1] |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Employer | Georgian television company |
| Known for | uncovering a scandal of stolen babies |
Tamar Museridze (born ) is a Georgian journalist who doscovered that a large number of Georgian babies were stolen from new mothers. She founded an organisation where thousands are trying to see these children reunited. She has been honoured by her country and the BBC for founding the Vedzeb organisation.
Life
Museridze was born in Tbilisi.[citation needed] She went to work for the Georgian television company when she was eighteen. She was surprised at the age of 31 when she discovered that her parents were not her biological mother and father as she was adopted.[2]
She had founded the organisation "Looking For" (Vedzeb) after finding out that a large number of babies were stolen from new mothers.[1] The nurses and doctors told the parents that the baby had died, but actually the baby was sold to other parents for them to adopt.[3] The babies were sold for an amount equal to an average yearly wage.[1] Her organisation is creditted with reuniting hundreds of families but as of 2023 she had not found her own biological family,[2] An example was Irma Dvalishvili who in 1990 gave birth to twins who were said to be fine, but the next day she was told that one of them had died. It was only after they insisted that a body was returned to the parents but they assumed that this was the dead twin. The surviving twin, Mariam Kobelashvili, became suspicious when she found that the birth and the death of her twin had never been recorded. The hospital said that it had destroyed all the old records. In 2022, posting pictures of herself at different ages in the hope of finding her lost sister.[1]
It is estimated that there may be thousands of missing babies as this scheme was running across multiple hospitals and in time the babies were also being sent abroad. One boy claimed that he had found his biological parents who said that their child had died. However DNA results confirmed that her was correct and he was the son they had been told was dead. Some parents were told that their children were buried in the hospital cemetery, but investigations reveal that no hospital in Georgia had a seperate cemetery.[1]
In 2023 Museridze was included in the BBC's annual list of 100 inspirational women[4] and she was incredulous that the BBC had shown interest in a story in Georgia.[5]
On International Women's Day in 2024 the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, gave Medals of Honour to Museridze and four other women. The four others were Babutsa Pataraia, Ana Arganashvili, Eliso Amirejibi and Nato Shavlakadze. They were all associated with human rights and the President gave them the award at the Orbeliani Palace. She was thanked for her inititative, courage and responsibility in founding the "Vedzeb" organisation.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Shamanauri, Khatia (2022-12-09). "'They told my mother I died, but I was stolen and sold'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ a b Mamukadze, Nina (2023-11-26). "La Giornalista georgiana Tamar Museridze, è stata nominata dalla BBC tra le 100 donne più influenti al mondo nel 2023". ERMES.TV • მედიამაუწყებელი (in Georgian). Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ a b "In connection with the International Women's Day, the President awarded five female human rights defenders with medals of honor". www.interpressnews.ge. 2024-03-08. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2023: Who is on the list this year? - BBC News". News. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ Today, Georgia (2023-11-21). "Georgian journalist Tamuna Museridze among the BBC's list of 100 most influential women of 2023". Georgia Today. Retrieved 2024-04-26.