A meeting of the Inter-Agency Commission of Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence was held by the Interagency Human Rights Council was conducted in a hybrid mode. The session was attended by representatives of relevant agencies of the central government and representatives of international and local civil society organizations. The meeting was chaired by Niko Tatulashvili, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Human Rights.Participants shared the key individual achievements and challenges that accompany the process of working against gender equality, women and domestic violence.
Linda Chikhladze, a representative of the Tbilisi office of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" also participated at the meeting. She shared the experience of the Fund "Sukhumi" with the participants during the discussion and, despite the short time, focused on urgent needs. In particular:The importance of childcare services to promote women's employment and effectively prevent domestic violence;The importance of identifying women / domestic violence at an early stage through the involvement of the Mayor's representatives in the villages. At the same time, she also spoke about increasing their gender sensitivity and the need for vocational training;Barriers to access to municipal services that prevent the affected woman from accessing services in another municipality during a crisis situation due to the absence of victim status and registration; Linda Chikhladze also asked about the current situation of violent behavior correction programs and whether they plan to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Iamze Gumberidze, a lawyer of the Women Fund "Sukhumi", actively worked with the beneficiaries during a month. She attended the presentation of the Interdepartmental Commission on the Prevention of Violence against Women and / or Domestic Violence, Protection and Assistance to Victims of Violence in Bagdati. The initiative of the Women Fund "Sukhumi", to create this commission, was supported by Bagdati municipality.
Traditional work was conducted with the Women Support Centers. An individual meeting was held in Bagdati, a group meeting in Terjola (with 16 participants) and in Tsalenjikha there were both individual and group meetings (with the participation of 7 beneficiaries).
During group meetings, women and their children with signs of violence victims, were identified. The lawyer introduced them to the law against violence and victim protection mechanisms. In addition to these meetings, a telephone consultation was given to the beneficiary from Chokhatauri. The participants of the meetings received answers to their questions - this contributes to the solution of their problems.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The last month of spring in the Youth Empowerment Centers ended with the meetings held in Chokhatauri, Tkibuli and Kobuleti municipalities.
All meetings were interesting, the participants were actively discussing the topic of conflicts and violence. However, the live training held in Kobuleti was special with creative activities.
According to the participants, the trainings are a good opportunity for teenagers to be informed about life issues.
As always, in May trainings were also held with youth groups set up in 10 municipalities. The total number of participants was 207. All of them were actively involved in discussing current issues, debates, group work or role games. Some of the participants will conduct an interesting so-called initiated measures themselves. This is a serious result of working with young people.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
David is the first Ukrainian who was born in Kutaisi. His mother is Maria Fesina-Rukhadze. On the 9th month of pregnancy a woman hardly got out of Donetsk - to Lvov, to Poland, standing at the border for 9 hours, then - to Tbilisi and from there - to Kutaisi.
Before her arrival, Eliso Rukhadze from Terjola addressed the Women Fund "Sukhumi" with a request to find a doctor for a Ukrainian citizen who is already on her way. She knew about our organization and our support for refugees from Ukraine.
By the time Maria reached Kutaisi, a group working on refugee issues quickly gathered information on where she could be accepted. The director of the clinic “Bomond”, Mamuka Mikadze, helped us very much - the clinic covered all the expenses. Everything went well - David was born on May 5 (doctor - Nino Ramishvili).
The Fund "Sukhumi" continued to take care of Maria, they brought her the necessary things and clothes for the newborn. They helped her with a pediatrician who came to the house. The translator into Ukrainian and the notary were found for arranging official documents. They also wrote to the City Hall an application for paying for accommodation - now she lives in Kutaisi with her baby and mother (her husband is in Ukraine).
We gave a new format to the meetings with the members of the Women Initiative Group ... In the first part of the meetings, the participants listened to the results of a research prepared by Tbilisi Representative Office on women's empowerment (see the full version of the research here http://fsokhumi.ge/.../inf.../ item / 11591-2021-09-27-05-57-02).They also got acquainted with the work of the website of the Digital Resource Center for Violence Victim Services (https://sosfsokhumi.ge/). In the second part, the members of the initiative group met successful women who shared their history, experience or knowledge with the participants. Maia Kardava, Lamzira Malichava, Matsatso Khakhubia, Maka Chelidze, Natia Jimsheleishvili, Shorena Shonia, Sophio Kukhalashvili - this is a list of women who have passed a long and difficult way to success and today want to help others. Familiarization with the portraits of women active in the economics, business, and public activities aroused positive emotions in the participants and created a positive mood, which creates a basis for increasing their motivation.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
The most interesting stage of small grants started ... The members of the project commission voiced their decisions and the members of the groups also started the work process. The youth held meetings in the target municipalities, drew up a project work plan, identified activities and the executors.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Forum-theater finished May with active work. It presented 4 performances in Kutaisi Botanical Garden, taking part in the event of the gender club. Then the performances were held in the "SOS-Children's Village".
All scenes were interesting for the audience, but their special attention was drawn to migration and the relationship between children and parents. These issues have become the topics for discussions. The viewer was also actively involved in the performances.
After a long online work, the updated forum theater team is happy to communicate with the audience, discuss problems and look for ideas for new performances.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
- These 10 days were productive and intense. The children liked the games: funny math, pets, English and Georgian alphabets, rubik's cube... We drew together, sculpted, read fairy tales, watched animated films, danced, played, learned how to make roses from colored paper. And we they talked a lot. They asked questions and I answered in a simple, understandable language - says Anna Lomidze, assistant of the Rehabilitation Center for work with small children.
The rehabilitation center of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" opened this year in one of the beautiful corners of Kutaisi. A woman with children can stay here for 10-15 days. A social worker, a psychologist and a lawyer work with her.
In order for the children not to be left without attention and to spend their free time fruitfully, another employee was attracted to the center - an assistant for working with small children. Despite the fact that Anna has worked only with one group so far, she has something to say and a small success story has already appeared.
We call these activities initiated - all this is carried out after the trainings. That is, young people try to share their knowledge with others and hold interesting events.
The work is carried out in 10 municipalities where Youth Empowerment Centers have been established.
Topics of activities: conflict management and violence prevention.
The activities are diverse: an information meeting, a film screening, a discussion club, an action, etc. Teenagers also held peacekeeping actions-appeals regarding the Ukrainian tragedy. Teachers and school directors are actively involved in the events. They believe that the Women Fund "Sukhumi" contributes to the non-formal education of students.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
