Activities of Senaki initiative groups

  • Friday, 16 February 2024
  • 16 times

A training on "Violence prevention and victim support resources" was held with the members of Senaki Women Initiative Group. The participants received information about the activities of shelters for violence victims, the crisis center and victim assistance services. The members of Senaki youth group discussed issues of gender equality. According to them, breaking gender stereotypes will help to build an equal society, and the involvement of young people is necessary in the process.

Cutting and sewing courses in Vani

  • Thursday, 15 February 2024
  • 15 times

During the meetings of Vani Women Support Center, women who have many challenges come together and everyone works r to solve these problems. At one of the meetings, women expressed a desire to learn to sew.

In response to their challenge, the Women Fund “Sukhumi” opened cutting and sewing courses in Vani, as well as in some other municipalities. The teacher is Maka Dadunashvili, one of the activists of the Womes Support Center. The Fund “Sukhumi” purchased sewing machines, cloths, threads and everything necessary for normal education. Now it's the women's turn...

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The members of the Women Initiative Group of the village Pakhulani - Tsalenjikha municipality conduct a research "Assessment of the quality of human security " in frames of which focus groups and interviews are conducted.

During a working meeting of the interdepartmental commission of Chokhatauri City Hall, the details of the ideas of civil initiatives were summarized and the authoritative persons were selected.

It was decided to conduct “Positive Parenting Training” and women’s needs research in Chokhatauri municipality. City hall structures, representatives of the educational sphere, active citizens will be involved in implementation of the initiatives.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

UN Women hosted a two-day workshop on “Monitoring Human Security – a Gender Sensitive Monitoring Tool”.

The workshop is designed for the representatives of the Public Defender’s Office of Georgia (PDO) and the representatives of civil society organizations. The seminar is facilitated by an international expert Zara Jarvinen, who is the author of the tailor-made methodological tool - “Manual on Gender Sensitive Monitoring on Human Security” designed specifically for the use of the PDO and CSOs. This workshop aims to build the capacity of the representatives of the PDO and the CSOs to assess, monitor, analyze and report on human security of the conflict-affected and internally displaced population from a gender perspective, including through a joint and cooperative manner.

Ekaterine Gamakharia, head of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" Tbilisi representative office, participated in the seminar.

This group will conduct four focus groups at this stage. The members got acquainted with the main goals and objectives of the research, defined the target groups and distributed the responsibilities. Representatives of local self-government attended the meeting. Members of the second Women Initiative Group, will continue the research in frames of "Assessment of the quality of human security" using the method of in-depth interview. At this stage, this group will work with four predetermined and selected respondents. The members of Khoni Youth Club were trained on the topic "Disinformation and the mechanisms of combating it", the essence and importance of media literacy. The participants were involved in the theoretical and practical part of the training. Young people learned how to distinguish real and fake information, acquired the necessary skills to fight misinformation.

New audience of the forum theater

Interesting and impressive scenes, active participation of the audience, discussions and conversations about their problems...

These were the performances of the Forum Theater of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" in February. This time, the young actors were met by new audience in the public school No 2 in Kutaisi and in the school of the village Bardubani (Terjola municipality).

The audience liked the scenes presented by the Forum Theater, they participated in the creative process with interest and applauses...

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

 

Members of the Women Initiative Group of the village Didinedze - Zugdidi municipality conduct the research "Assessment of the quality of human security ", in frames of which focus groups and interviews are conducted. The specific respondents are identified. Two focus groups and one interview was conducted. Misinformation, dissemination of fake information and false narratives as an important challenge of the modern world - training on this topic was conducted for the youth initiative group of the village Didinedzi - Zugdidi municipality. Experienced trainer Rusudan Karkadze spoke about the essence and importance of media literacy. The participants discussed the issues of misinformation and mastered the practical skills of distinguishing fake information from reality.

The Women Fund “Sukhumi” has published a “Practical Guide for Responding to Gender-Based Violence for Representatives of Medical Institutions.” The aim of the guide is to provide medical workers, including doctors and nurses who have direct contact with patients, with information and tools that will help them to response to gender-based violence, in a timely, comprehensive and multi-sector way.

The practical guide includes the following issues:

- General information about violence against women and domestic violence;

- International and national standards for responding to gender-based violence from the side of representatives of medical institutions;

- The role of medical staff in responding to gender-based violence;

- Appropriate strategies, steps and recommendations to effectively respond to gender-based violence by medical staff;

- The importance of multi-sector collaboration in effectively responding to violence against women.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

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