Training courses continued actively. Another five meetings were held in the Youth Empowerment Centers of Bagdati, Vani, Samtredia, Chokhatauri and Senaki.
School directors, teachers, representatives of youth services took part in the trainings. The process was interesting and fruitful in all municipalities.
At the meeting, the participants were also informed about the practical guide/toolkit: "Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in war and post-war settings - experiences and recommendations of women's NGOs", which was developed by the WAVE Network in collaboration with its four WAVE members in 2022 by the support of the OSCE. The Toolkit describes best practices and the strategies employed by the women's NGOs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in different phases of conflict.
- Strategies during Wartime and emergency response settings were shared by Ukrainian and Armenian partners Sexual Assault Crisis Center (Yerevan, Armenia), Centre “Women’s Perspectives” (Lviv, Ukraine);
- Strategies during Protracted conflict were described by the Women's Foundation "Sukhumi" (Kutaisi, Tbilisi, Georgia);
- Strategies during Post-war and long-term perspective were based on the experience of the Bosnia-Herzegovina partner. Foundation United Women Banja Luka (Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
(A practical guide is available here https://www.osce.org/secretariat/530695)
The total number of participants of 10 trainings held in April is 266 people. Everyone showed great interest towards the training course. This is very important to us and always gives more effect to our work.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The Women Fund "Sukhumi" has started a new training course at the Youth Empowerment Centers.
The course covers youth groups from 10 municipalities. Local governments helped us to form new groups, and 5 trainings have already been held in the municipalities of Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Tkibuli, Terjola and Kobuleti. 125 young people took part in the work. Members of the Gender Equality Councils, representatives of youth departments, school directors and teachers also actively participated.
The first steps have been made. Ideas and initiatives of new youth groups appeared.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The final meetings at the Youth Empowerment Centers actively continue. The final days have already finished in three municipalities of Samegrelo region. Then the meetings were held in the municipalities of Guria and Adjara - Chokhatauri and Kobuleti. Members of the Gender Equality Councils, representatives of youth services also participated.
One part of the graduates made interesting presentations. The participants of the meetings mainly spoke about the achieved results. The five-month course was highly appreciated by teachers and parents. All participants received certificates, and the most active ones received the certificates of young trainers.
From the next month, the process of forming new groups in the municipalities will begin.
At the meeting, the participants were also informed about the practical guide/toolkit: "Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in war and post-war settings - experiences and recommendations of women's NGOs", which was developed by the WAVE Network in collaboration with its four WAVE members in 2022 by the support of the OSCE. The Toolkit describes best practices and the strategies employed by the women's NGOs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in different phases of conflict.
- Strategies during Wartime and emergency response settings were shared by Ukrainian and Armenian partners Sexual Assault Crisis Center (Yerevan, Armenia), Centre “Women’s Perspectives” (Lviv, Ukraine);
- Strategies during Protracted conflict were described by the Women's Foundation "Sukhumi" (Kutaisi, Tbilisi, Georgia);
- Strategies during Post-war and long-term perspective were based on the experience of the Bosnia-Herzegovina partner. Foundation United Women Banja Luka (Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
(A practical guide is available here https://www.osce.org/secretariat/530695)
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The time has come for the final meetings at Youth Empowerment Centers. The meetings in three municipalities of Samegrelo region: Zugdidi, Senaki and Tsalenjikha were attended by 122 people: youth, representatives of youth departmanents, education resource centers and gender equality councils, teachers and parents.
Through presentations, young people presented what they had learned during the five-month course. There were interesting discussions, exchange of impressions. Parents and teachers noted that the students participating in the project have changed for the better, they know a lot and have become quite active.
All three meetings were successful. Young trainers were awarded with certificates and other participants received certificates for active involvement.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The 5-month training course at the Youth Empowerment Centers is coming to an end. In the first half of the month, meetings were held in Tkibuli, Tsalenjikha, Samtredia, Kobuleti and Terjola. 87 people participated in the trainings. The participants passed 10 trainings on conflict management and gender issues.
Final activities will be held in March. Teachers and parents will be invited to the meetings. Youth groups from all municipalities and presenters are actively preparing to summarize and present the knowledge and experience accumulated over the five months to the audience.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The training work in the Youth Empowerment Centers continues actively. Another five trainings were held in the municipalities of Bagdati, Vani, Tkibuli, Senaki and Chokhatauri. The meetings were attended by 97 people.
Young people were actively involved in the working process - in interesting and fun activities. The trainings differ from each other, but despite this the participants are quite motivated, they want to get more information, more civic education and this is felt in their attitude.
Leaders have appeared in all youth groups who will make presentations at the final meetings in February.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
One of the most important segments in the youth direction of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" is the activation of Youth Empowerment Centers.
Trainings are held monthly in 10 municipalities of Western Georgia. The working topics of the trainings in January were early marriages and ways to resolve conflicts. Topical issues caused discussions and thus made all the trainings even more interesting.
The first five trainings were held in Zugdidi, Samtredia, Tsalenjikha, Kobuleti and Terjola municipalities.
The knowledge gained during the trainings is disseminated by young people in their schools, towns and villages, thereby contributing to the reduction of conflicts and the prevention of violence.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The gender equality policy in Georgia and conflict escalation – trainings on this topic are actively conducted in the Youth Empowerment Centers.
Five meetings with young people living in Senaki, Zugdidi, Samtredia, Tkibuli and Tsalenjikha municipalities were held in the first half of the month. The number of participants exceeded 100 people.
All trainings were held offline, therefore, they were distinguished by the involvement of adolescents and their abilities were better revealed during role-playing games, discussions and feedback.
The participants of the training also participated in the campaign of “16 Active Days against Gender-based Violence” and carried out interesting initiated events in their municipalities.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Bagdati, Vani, Kobuleti, Samtredia - trainings with youth of these four municipalities were held online and a meeting in Chokhatauri was held face-to-face.
The participants discussed the reasons of conflicts and the topic of tolerance. Live training is always remarkable by role- games and interesting work. Therefore, it was more effective.
“With the help of a specific game, we learned how information is distorted and lost. You helped to understand the reasons that cause conflicts,” said one of the participants.
In November, as in other months, trainings were held in Youth Empowerment Centers in 10 municipalities.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
