The Club of Voter Women of Tskaltubo discussed the issues of current advocacy and outlined a plan that will help to resolve these issues. The details of the final conference were also discussed at the Club.
After the meeting the members of the Club honored the memory of the famous Georgian writer Otia Ioseliani and on behalf of the Club took part in the event in honor of his birthday.
The project is implemented with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia
The Club of Voter Women was attended by guests - representatives from the City Hall of Ozurgeti and got acquainted with his work. In their opinion, the work of the Club is necessary for activating the women of the municipality, so that they have the motivation to be included in the political processes. Representatives of the City Hall stressed that the Club should make special efforts during the local government elections, so that women candidates would feel support, first of all, from the women themselves.
Three more informational meetings were held in the Youth Clubs - in schools No. 1 Senaki and Khoni, as well as in the Women Support Center of Kutaisi.
Young people with interest discussed the topic of trafficking, talked about economic problems that often cause violence, migration and trafficking.
- “This problem is paid little attention. And the statistics show that many of those who left the country are in unfavorable, unworthy conditions and, in fact, are victims of trafficking," said one of the participants.
As it was said at the meeting, that is why, for the purpose of prevention, it is necessary to discuss such topics with young people so that they determine the positive and negative aspects of the trip abroad, and also knew about the legislation, the protective mechanisms.
A secretary and members of the Gender Equality Council at Sakrebulo of Batumi were invited to the meeting of the Club of Women-Voters. They invited the Club members to take an active part in the events organized by them. A joint work strategy was outlined.
Part of the meeting was devoted to the work on the preparation of the final conference, which will be held at the end of the month in Kutaisi, with the participation of representatives of all the Clubs of Women-Voters.
The members of Kutaisi Club of Voter Women received information about the situation regarding creation of Gender Equality Councils of the contiguous Sakrebulo. They got acquainted with the issues related to the adoption of legislative regulation of gender quotas.
The meeting participants took care of solving local topical issues and also talked about the organizational issues of the network conference.
The project is implemented with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia
