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Women's Fund "Sukhumi" at the information-sharing meeting of the IPRM participants and the representatives of the civil society organizations.

On December 3, 2021, by the initiative of the Office of the State Minister for Reconciliation and civil equality with the support of the United Nations Women (UN Women), a regular briefing was held for participants of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism and representatives of the civil society organizations. The meeting was attended by members of civil society, representatives of non-governmental women's organizations as well as conflict-affected women, including women living in IDP villages near the conflict dividing line, and also EUMM and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Georgia.

Kate Fearon, Deputy Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, Zviad Zviadadze, Head of the Department of State for the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and Former South Ossetia, and Deputy Director of the Information-Analytical Department of the State Security Service addressed the participants, who focused on the results of recent meetings under the Ergneti Mechanism.

Eka Gamakharia, Tbilisi Representative of the Women's Fund "Sukhumi", focused on the possible risks posed to the population by the cancellation of the "Form 9" document in the Gali district in the future. Including illegal detentions, threats to health and life, and the need to prevent them. She also stressed the need for reduced support for Georgian language and literature teachers due to restrictions on Georgian language teaching in schools in Gali and the closure of checkpoints and political restrictions on the population during elections.

Women and young people living near the dividing line spoke about the challenges in their lives, including economic empowerment and scarce employment opportunities; Infrastructure problems of schools and clinics and lack of appropriate technical equipment; Acute water supply problems in villages, IDPs in dilapidated buildings in IDP accommodation centers, lack of adequate space for rural youth development, and problems with violence against women.