Women representing the local community, teachers, nurses and kindergarten teachers attended the information meeting in the clinic of Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality). The information meeting was also held in Rokhi (Bagdati municipality) in a different format - young people and teachers took part in it.
The website https://sosfsokhumi.ge/ aroused great interest among the participants. It was noted that now, when the facts of femicide have increased, it is necessary to inform people through the website about municipal and other services, which are so important for women victims of violence.
The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)
Linda Chikhladze and Nino Korinteli, representatives of the Women's Fund "Sukhumi" Tbilisi office, participated in a webinar organized by WWP EN on the importance of men's involvement in conversations about care work and domestic violence.
At the meeting, our representatives spoke about the Georgian legislative arrangement and the importance of fathers' participation in child care for the prevention of domestic violence.
The Thematic Inquiry Group of the Gender Equality Council set up on the Access of Women to Financial Resources held a verbal hearing of the international and local organizations, thematic inquiry experts and civil activists expressing their positions on the issue and answering the questions of the main rapporteur of the inquiry.
Ekaterine Gamakharia – Representative of the Women Fund “Sukhumi” took part in the meeting of thematic inquiry group. In her speech, she focused on displaced and conflict-affected women and emphasized that ensuring women's access to financial resources is not only the most important factor in the country's development, the fight against poverty and violence against women, but it also has a great impact on peace building and restoring trust in the country.
"Today, it is not time for talks, it's for specific actions! Because while we talk about problems and complain, a large number of women are directly confronted with inequality, violence, outdated stereotypes and all the bitterness of economic dependence... Many of them have to fight to survive... Only economically strong women can take care of public welfare, contribute to the development of the country, fight against violence, and build sustainable and long-lasting peace"... - said Ekaterine Gamakharia.
During the meeting, the participants discussed specific ways to overcome the problems and shared their findings and recommendations to each other.
On September 24-28, training for the young project participants on the importance and experience of establishing a youth forum-theatre was held in Istanbul.
Youth clubs from different regions and communities were actively involved in the working process. The participants gained knowledge about the founders of the Forum-theater, their role and importance in understanding current life problems and finding their solutions. The various exercises and tasks offered by the trainers made the training more creative, interesting and fun. The participants were able to independently prepare scenarios and stage small scenes. Young people acquired new knowledge, skills, experience, got acquainted with each other better, drafted future plans to introduce Forum- Theater in their clubs.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Discussion of the problem of Abkhazeti Street in the IDP settlement was held using the "one window" principle in Tskaltubo Municipality.
As a result of the needs research of the problem of the damaged roof of residential buildings VII-VIII was chosen for advocacy.
IDPs from Abkhazia, representatives of the Government of the Abkhazian Autonomous Republic in Imereti region, representatives of Tskalutbo City Hall, the Gender Equality Council and all departments whose competence includes effective influence on the problem, were the participants of this format.
During the meeting, ways to resolve the issue were shown. Other problems were also identified: there is no kindergarten, the basements are flooded, the yard is polluted – in the near future, representatives of various departments will take responsibility to solve these problems.
The participants of the meeting noted the effectiveness of the meeting held by the "one window" principle.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
In order to solve the problem selected by the Khoni women's network in the IDP settlement, a meeting using the “One window” principle was held at the community education center.
The following problem was selected for advocacy: Demolition of old buildings in the former military settlement.
The meeting was attended by IDP women, a member of the City Council, representatives of the City Hall Spatial Arrangement and Infrastructure service, Economic Development and Architecture departments.
The process of advocacy will continue at the central level, the local self-government will be actively involved in the process.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
Women Fund "Sukhumi" held a meeting with "one window" principle in the meeting hall of Zugdidi City Hall.
The following issue was selected for advocacy: construction of a new, typical building with modern standards for the Kindergarten "Tsitelkuda" (“Red Riding Hood”) in Ingiri community.
The meeting was held in a hybrid method and was attended both on site and online by invited guests - Representatives of the Office of the State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, a representative of the Municipal Development Fund of Georgia, the Chairman of Zugdidi Municipality City Council, representatives of Abkhazian territorial unit, a representative of the Mayor in Ingiri community, IDPs from Abkhazia and local women.
The result of the meeting is that the local self-government will be actively involved in the advocacy process and it will continue at the central level.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
Some of the participants attended the training for the first time and really liked this form of teaching. The experienced ones were were more actively involved in work.
Why the conflict analysis is needed? How to manage conflict? The teenagers talked about these and many other issues with the trainer.
The training was held for Senaki Youth Initiative Group. Various methods - discussion, game, group work, presentations - made the training process fun and interesting.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
September 21 - International Day of Peace - has been celebrated by the UN General Assembly since 1981.
Fund "Sukhumi" also celebrated this day and dedicated a number of activities to it - informational meetings and actions that continued during a month.
This day is very important for us, because it is the best expression of what is the main goal of our work and what do we want to achieve.
About 20 meetings on this topic were held with Women and Youth Initiative Groups in target municipalities, members of the groups took part in actions and joined the international campaign.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
