During a working meeting of the interdepartmental commission of Chokhatauri City Hall, the details of the ideas of civil initiatives were summarized and the authoritative persons were selected.

It was decided to conduct “Positive Parenting Training” and women’s needs research in Chokhatauri municipality. City hall structures, representatives of the educational sphere, active citizens will be involved in implementation of the initiatives.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

The Women Fund “Sukhumi” has published a “Practical Guide for Responding to Gender-Based Violence for Representatives of Medical Institutions.” The aim of the guide is to provide medical workers, including doctors and nurses who have direct contact with patients, with information and tools that will help them to response to gender-based violence, in a timely, comprehensive and multi-sector way.

The practical guide includes the following issues:

- General information about violence against women and domestic violence;

- International and national standards for responding to gender-based violence from the side of representatives of medical institutions;

- The role of medical staff in responding to gender-based violence;

- Appropriate strategies, steps and recommendations to effectively respond to gender-based violence by medical staff;

- The importance of multi-sector collaboration in effectively responding to violence against women.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

An assistant of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" held meetings with women's mutual assistance groups in Tskaltubo, Vani, Zugdidi, Chokhatauri and Bagdati. In the remaining five municipalities - Terjola, Samtredia, Khoni, Tsalenjikha and Kobuleti - meetings were held by group leaders. The psychologist of the organization attended several meetings and conducted some work with women. In almost all groups, serious cases were identified and ways to solve them were outlined.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

A workshop on the prevention of violence against women and/or domestic violence, protection and assistance to victims of violence was held for members of the Municipal Interdepartmental Commission of Vani City Hall

Participants discussed the obligations of each member, that are necessary for the commission to operate effectively. They discussed the strategies that will help to manage specific cases.

It was noted that the composition should be reviewed and members added for more activity. It was also mentioned that the commission should contribute to the prevention of facts of violence and timely assistance to victims.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

Women mutual assistance groups have joined the international campaign "16 active days against gender-based violence ". This campaign empowers women and helps them find more supporters at the local level.

All groups, together with local governments, try to solve their problems. A psychologist from the Women Fund “Sukhumi” presented at several meetings and began working on difficult cases.

Group members talk openly about problems. The meetings were attended by representatives of the City Hall, social services and the gender council, who are ready to get involved in the advocacy process and help women achieve their goals.

The December meetings were distinguished by the fact that group members were awarded with certificates of gratitude for their trust and cooperation. This is a good motivation for them.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

Fill out the questionnaire! - Such request appeared on our web page.

The introduction says:

Our website “Digital Resource Center for Violence Victims” - https://sosfsokhumi.ge/ has been operating for the second year.

The number of users is increasing every day.

This means taking into account visitors’ requests for the most interesting, important information.

You can help us improve the site!

Dozens of people have already filled out a questionnaire, which contains following questions: how important such an information platform is, how actively people use the site, and whether the information posted is useful for women victims/potential victims of domestic violence.

What questions are of great interest? This question is followed by 8 possible answers representing the categories of the website: services of central/local authorities and NGOs, legal mechanisms/laws, links to hotlines and applications, success stories, statistics, map of risk indicators.

In addition, we are interested in what other information readers want to receive and how easy it is to find the necessary information on the site.

Analysis of the received responses will help to improve the site.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

Map of the domestic violence risk indicator – this category is already used on our website https://sosfsokhumi.ge.

There are official statistics and data of the research of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”. In order to view the statistics of a particular region, you should select the corresponding unit on the map - Imereti, Samegrelo, Guria and Adjara.

According to the regions, anyone can find out statistics on complaints about domestic violence, reports received regarding cases of violence, as well as the level of employment or migration and statistics on families who receive a living wage.

Statistics can be viewed for individual municipalities of the region. Three municipalities are represented in Samegrelo: Senaki, Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha, in Imereti there are five: Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Samtredia and Bagdati, in Guria and Adjara data are recorded for one municipality: Chokhatauri and Kobuleti.

As we learned from feedback from Internet users, the risk map provides the necessary information to readers working on the problem, as well as to people who live in different municipalities.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

Women’s mutual assistance groups actively cooperate with local governments, and in all ten municipalities they have already started to advocate the problems of group members.

Women face a number of problems; especially these are the violence victim women. Group members feel strong support from the social agency, the City Hall and the City Council. This helps in advocacy and problem solution.

In November, project assistant Nino Chabukiani conducted offline and online meetings, and some of them were conducted by group leaders.

Three-month courses of digital literacy were held in Terjola, Bagdati and Kobuleti. The group members learned a lot of useful things from the trainer Kristi Kutateladze. In order to actively use theoretical knowledge in practice, several women (who did not have phones) were given mobile phones. According to them, this is serious support.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

A workshop on prevention of violence against women and/or domestic violence, protection and assistance to victims of violence, for members of the Municipal Interdepartmental Commission was held in Vani.

Participants reviewed strategies, which will help to solve specific cases. We discussed the obligations of each member of the commission to operate effectively.

During the workshop it was noted that the commission should contribute to the prevention of violence and timely assistance to victims. It is necessary to review the composition and add members so that the commission can work more actively and achieve more results.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

A workshop for members of Senaki City Hall Interdepartmental Commission of the Municipality on the Prevention of Violence against Women and/or Domestic violence, Protection and Assistance to Victims of Violence was held.

During the meeting, a dialogue was held on the practical aspects of the commission work, several acute cases were discussed and a case management strategy was drawn up.

According to the participants, the commission has great potential for preventing violence against women/domestic violence, as well as for providing victims with timely and adequate assistance. This is due to the fact that this mechanism is represented by intersectoral groups; resources are joined and coordinated.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)