Two-day training on "Business Planning and Management of Small/Macro Businesses" was held at Women Fund “Sukhumi” office in Kutaisi.
Good business ideas don't usually come to entrepreneurs spontaneously. They are the result of painstaking work, effort, research, discussions, surveys, and often the entrepreneur's own creative thinking.
Therefore, the women listened attentively to the trainer: what can an inspiration for a good business idea? How can a successful business idea be developed?
Graduates from day centers of Chokhatauri, Senaki, Terjola, and Kutaisi were active participants of the training. They reflected on their own projects, calculated budgets, shared experiences, discussed the prospects of their future businesses...
The next stage will be a discussion of their business ideas.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Poti women's mutual assistance group is entering a new phase: identifying priority issues in the IDP community and conducting a survey to understand women's needs.
During the meeting, group representatives discussed the survey methodology, techniques, timeframe, stages, selection of target groups, and the number of participants.
The knowledge and skills acquired through the project will help group participants to effectively organize the survey process. Once needs are identified, support for civil society initiatives is planned, which will improve the social situation of the IDP community.
The Association of IDP Women “Consent” organized training on "Leadership for IDP and Rural Women" in Gori.
Members of mutual assistance groups from Gori, Kareli, and Kaspi municipalities participated in the training. The goal of the training was to provide them with knowledge and skills that will contribute to strengthening social work in IDP and conflict-affected communities.
According to participants, the training was active, interesting, understandable, and impressive. The first part included a discussion of the essence of women leadership and its characteristic components. The second part continued with simulation exercises and viewing of thematic videos. Particular attention was paid to the importance of presentation skills, self-presentation, and public speaking.
According to the participants, strengthening female leadership is crucial for identifying and addressing community needs.
The project is implemented by a coalition of non-governmental organizations: the Association of IDP Women “Consent”, the Women's Information Center, and Women's Charitable Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi”.
"Leadership for IDPs and rural women" - the second training on this topic was held in Zugdidi, at the “Dadiani Inn” hotel, with the participation of women - members of a mutual assistance group. This time the training was organized by the Women's Information Center, and members of mutual assistance groups from Senaki, Poti, Tsalenjikha, Mestia and Zugdidi took part in it.
The trainer and the participants discussed the essence and features of leadership, found out what positive changes the development of women's leadership will bring to the community, and emphasized the importance of self-presentation and public speaking.
The training was held within the framework of the project "Women Act for Peace and Strengthening the Local Community".
A training on “Leadership for IDPs and Rural Women” was held in Kutaisi at the “Argo” Hotel. The training was attended by members of mutual assistance groups from the municipalities of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Khashuri and Sachkhere.
This training opened a series of trainings planned within the framework of the project “Women Act for Peace and Strengthening Local Communities”. The goal of the trainings is to prepare members of mutual assistance groups, equipping them with relevant knowledge and skills to strengthen social work in IDP communities and in conflict affected communities.
According to the participants, the training was interesting, active, dynamic and productive.
The first part of the training was devoted to the discussion of women's leadership, leadership characteristics and main components. The second part continued with simulation exercises and thematic videos. During active interaction, the participants showed the importance of presentation, self-presentation and public speaking. According to them, the development of women's leadership is important for identifying and solving women's needs. Other groups will also undergo training on the topic of leadership, and this group will work on a new topic.
Training on the topic: "Social work in communities, prevention and response to domestic violence - assessment and analysis of work" was held in the office of our organization.
The training was attended by mobilizers and Para-specialists of Women Support Centers from ten target municipalities of Western Georgia.
The participants shared successful social work practices, assessed the results of social work in Women Support Centers, and discussed challenges, conclusions and response mechanisms.
Based on the training program, through interactive involvement, they determined the effectiveness of using women support services.
The trainer gave them the necessary advices - how to increase the use of existing services by beneficiaries, and what additional skills are needed to strengthen social work.
In the format of group work, together with a psychologist, they created a psychosocial portrait of a person (beneficiary); discussed the need for empathy and a sensitive approach when communicating with women at risk of violence.
At the end of the training, the participants noted:
"The training is a good opportunity to share information. There are many women around us who need support. We will be able to cooperate with them and change their condition by strengthening social work."
"The information I received is new skill for me, the use of which will help identify women at risk".
"I listened to representatives of different municipalities and the situation is almost the same everywhere - social work is necessary to prevent violence. We know a lot, we have learned a lot today, and we need to use all this in practice to empower women."
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
On July 21-23, an international training for members of the Women Fund “Sukhumi” working groups and a partner organization was held in Istanbul. Topic of the meeting was: Methodology and practice of Gender Impact Analysis (GIA). The training was conducted by international trainer Blerina Khani.
Participants received the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct a gender analysis of the problems they selected. They got acquainted with the practices of different countries, including Georgia, in terms of studying the gender impact of programs/projects.
According to the project, the training will be followed by a research, which will be conducted by the working groups. The topic of the research is to study the gender impact of individual components of preschool and primary education programs and prepare relevant reports.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
On July 18-19, the Women Fund “Sukhumi” conducted training on the topic “Human Security Monitoring” at the Hotel “Radisson Blu Iveria Batumi.
The training was attended by 40 women from five target municipalities: Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Zugdidi.
The training was carried out simultaneously in two groups. Together with the representatives of the organization, the participants talked about the essence of human security and assessed its importance in conflict resolution.
The participants discussed the issues of cyber security and media literacy with interest.
The discussion of the topics was accompanied by thematic and fun exercises. The work was interesting because everyone took an active part.
According to the participants, the two days of training were interesting and productive.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
“We gained very important information about the advocacy process.”
“We did it like this, but through training we learned how necessary it is to take correct steps”.
“We have been working on drafting an advocacy plan together. The knowledge gained will help us conduct advocacy correctly.”
This is what the participants – leader women and girls, representatives of different IDP communities of Kutaisi – said at the end of the training. The training was held at the office of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" on the topic: "Advocacy for community problems, advocacy strategy and drawing up an action plan".
The participants worked on the reasons and consequences using the “problem tree” method, and also did a SWOT analysis - strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and risks.
After the theoretical part, the participants worked in groups on an action plan for advocacy regarding a specific issue.
The project is implemented with the support of USAID local governance program
