February 17 was a meeting of the Gender Advisory Council of Kutaisi, which was attended by members of the Club of Women-Voters. They have focused on the problems that have repeatedly been put to the clubs.

For the purpose of advocating these issues the GAC invited Malkhaz Basiladze - head of the commission for Infrastructure, Transport and cleaning. He spoke about the programs that provides Kutaisi local budget. Advocacy plan was scheduled, and members of the GAC will be involved in this process.

The second issue on the agenda was evaluation of the results of the network meeting organized by Fund "Sukhumi" on the part of MP. They noted that at the meeting they received information that implies responsibility and active work of the local self-government against violence.

On February 15 a meeting was held in one of Kutaisi collective centers, where the participants were given information regarding a law on IDPs. The meeting summarized all problems, related to IDPs. For solution of the problems of one woman, who is sick and cannot move independently, a statement was prepared and sent to the Ministry of refugees and accommodation.

On February 17 Tbilisi hosted a presentation of the research of the fund "Sukhumi" - "Strengthening women's voices in the process of conflict transformation", which was attended by representatives of different social groups, the media, government agencies, the diplomatic corps.

The forum participants received detailed information on the brochure "Women's participation in the Geneva talks: problems, achievements and prospects", issued as a result of the study, also they watched a film on the same topic.

The meeting put forward the issues that concern residents of conflict zones – their solution is important with women's participation in constructive negotiations and agreements, taking into account their vision.

There was a discussion on the inclusion of more women in the process of peaceful settlement of conflicts. There was fixed a need for a more flexible format with the inclusion of representatives of society and the NGOs - those people who are in direct contact with the problem.

The members of the Fund "Sukhumi" and Batumi Gender Advisory Council (GAC) met the members of the Council for Gender Equality of the Supreme Council of Adjarian Autonomous Republic. Representatives of Fund "Sukhumi" told about the activities of the organization in terms of gender perspectives, the projects that were implemented by the GAC with the help of the fund "Sukhumi" and the local government.

During the meeting there were named the results that speak about the effectiveness of the GAC work. Attention was paid to the research, work with the youth, action plan that the GAC will present to self-government as a recommendation document.

What is the strategy of Adjarian Supreme Council on the implementation of the gender policy, how importance is the cooperation with NGOs - Medea Vasadze - deputy chairman of the Council for Gender Equality spoke about it.

It was said that it would be useful to design a memorandum on joint activities. The meeting was by TV company "Adjara".