In order to help, you must first find the one who most of all needs compassion, support, empowerment.
In order to empower, you need to know what she needs more!
You must offer what will strengthen her most.
In order to give the support more effect, you need to have allies.
This is a brief concept of the activities of Women Support Centers. The mobilizers of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" operate with this strategy in all ten municipalities (Samtredia, Terjola, Bagdati, Vani, Tkibuli, Senaki, Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Kobuleti, Chokhatauri).
The "discovery" of a victim of domestic violence remains a challenge to this day. They are everywhere, next to us, in front of us, but it is still difficult to see them. Because they are silent, they do not trust anyone.
There is a lot of work to do in terms of identifying cases of violence, because the scale of the problem is still not recognized in society. All information related to assistance to a victim of violence is important – the mobilizers of the Women Support Centers agree with this opinion, who meet monthly with women of different ages and professions.
Information is distributed quickly and reaches the addressee in a timely manner. Identified cases are recorded in the Women Support Centers of Tsalenjikha, Samtredia, Vani, Tkibuli and Zugdidi. The response process continues accordingly until the victim has received all available services. There are already results - some of the beneficiaries completed a course in psychology and some received legal advice.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Participation of citizens in the implementation of local self-governance – training on this topic was held for the members of the Women initiative Group of the village DidiNedzi (Zugdidi Municipality). Legal acts, principles of financial support of the self-government according to the European Charter, self-governmental unit and its powers. These and many other issues were discussed by lawyer Tamar Pachulia. There was an active discussion during the training and the participants were given the opportunity to share their opinions and experiences.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
I thought about the question: "What makes me special and what special thing I did for my family, a group of people?"
- I was very impressed by a feature that every leader should use, but does not do: "To praise the staff, see their merit, appreciate them."
-I liked and thought about the desirable and undesirable qualities of a leader.
-The exercise using a self-presentation stages was interesting. I never thought such a sequence would be necessary.
-I saw the examples of successful and unsuccessful public speaches through videos.
- I will definitely use the knowledge gained here in life.
Like other four municipalities (Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Zugdidi), the Initiative Group of IDP Women actively worked in Kutaisi municipality. Members of the group conducted an online survey. Then, meetings with different groups were held to obtain additional information and the completed questionnaires were reviewed. As a result of the research the needs of IDP women and girls were identified. Then the Initiative Group will work on their advocacy.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
The second round has begun
Developing the skills of young people is one of the priority directions of our work.
The component of financing small grant projects also serves this purpose.
How to turn ideas and initiatives into reality, how to plan project activities - a training on these issues was held in Tskaltubo, which was attended by members of the youth initiative group of Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki and Zugdidi.
Trainer Guranda Gvantseladze provided the participants with detailed information on filling in the project application and further project management. The groups also worked on creating the projects.
An online information meeting was held with members of IDP Women Zugdidi Initiative Group. First of all, the participants discussed the current issues, and then listened to information about the planned training.
The training cycle starts in April and will be attended by members of the IDP Women Initiative Groups from all five target municipalities. Members of Zugdidi group will be among them. At the meeting, they got acquainted with the schedule and topics of the training.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
Magda Kostava is the chairperson of the Gender Equality Council of Kutaisi Municipality, a member of the City Council, and a doctor.
Women's Fund "Sukhumi" continues the campaign to break down gender stereotypes - to provide equality, tolerance, and a non-abusive environment in our society.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
A working meeting was held with members of the Initiative Group of IDP Women in Senaki. In the first part of the meeting, the participants talked about how they conducted the survey, which contributed to the successful completion of the process. In the second part, they got acquainted with the plan for April. It was noted that a cycle of trainings will be held with the members of the group. They were provided with information about what topics will be covered during the trainings.
According to the participants, their awareness, competence, civic activism will increase through the training - all this will contribute to initiating the needs of IDPs at the local level.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
