Presentation of Poti Women Support Center small project: “Chain of Violence” was the topic of the story on local television “Wave 9”.

The presentation was held in Sakrebulo with the inclusion of active and successful women working in the governmental and non-governmental sectors.

The aim of the project: joint coordinated work, prevention of hidden forms of violence, advocacy of problems and raising public awareness.

In frames of the small project of Terjola Women Support Center “The Wheel of Violence” two more activities took place. Representatives of different generations gathered at the round table. The main issue was the actual topic: "Love, violence, suicide." The participants of the meeting spoke about the problem with pain: teenagers, teachers, father, journalist, representatives of governmental structures. Not only the assessment of reality, but also the search for a way out of the situation, prevention, raising public awareness - this was the main goal.

The second activity also took place - training for members of the Women's Club, created in frames of the project on the topic: “Domestic violence, its forms and national referral mechanisms”. The club is going to actively work on the problem, so this training was especially important for its members.

The topic of June mobilization meetings of Women Support Centers is protection of children. The meetings were held with the maximum participation of young people, teachers, parents. They talked about the International Children's Day, the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The meetings took place on the background of active discussions. The topic was interesting and relevant for participants. Beneficiaries were also provided with information on youth projects of municipalities. The needs of youth groups were identified in order to provide local governments with recommendations.

Women Support Centers organized group and individual meetings of the lawyer of the Fund “Sukhumi” in Khoni (June 3), Ozurgeti (June 4), Tskaltubo (June 5), Terjola (June 11) and the village Nosiri (Senaki municipality - June 10). The topic of the meeting with beneficiaries is traditional – domestic violence and preventive mechanisms. The issues were raised and the meeting participants received the answers regarding their concrete problem.

Group psychological meetings were held at Women Support Centers in Khoni, Senaki, Ozurgeti, Terjola, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), with 58 beneficiaries, including 17 men. Women Support Centers of Tskaltubo, Khoni and Senaki completed the work with  married couples who were able to overcome a conflict situation in the family, control and cope with negative emotions.

In Kutaisi, 10 beneficiaries continue to receive psychotherapeutic consultation. There were 7 individual consultations.

Individual psychological therapy regarding the problem of one woman has ended. She is very  grateful for the help and support.

A round table was held in Sakrebulo of Tskaltubo municipality, at which the results of the small project of the Women Support Center were summarized. The meeting was attended by school directors, pupils, members of the Gender Equality Council of Local Self-Government. Participants talked about domestic violence, bullying, early marriage and gender equality. They also discussed the issue of adapting the educational environment, the practice of gender-objective education and teaching materials. It was noted that as a result of the project implementation in schools, the level of informing young people, parents and pedagogical staff on these issues has increased.

Three events were held as part of a small project of Poti Women Support Center - training and performances of the shadow theater.

Equality, violence, violence against children, preventive mechanisms - these and other issues were discussed by the participants (directors, teachers, pupils) of the training, which was held in kindergarten №1.

The presentation of the performance of shadow theater “Turnip” was held in the kindergartens №1 and №2. The play teaches kids equality, harmonious relations, friendship, and victory by common forces ...

According to the participants, all three activities were useful and productive.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

- What is the scale of violence in the villages, how openly the society speaks on these issues, what is the role of the rural government in victims’ assistance - these issues were raised during the training in Ozurgeti. Representatives of the mayor in the villages took an active part in the work carried out in frames of Women Support Center small project.

During the discussion of the preventive mechanisms of the problem, it turned out that their inclusion is minimal. It was noted that representatives of rural government are familiar with conflict families, therefore it is necessary to increase their role in order to resolve conflicts in communities.

Managing family conflicts, reducing risks and overcoming crises — meetings with crisis families were held on these issues. These meetings aim at overcoming crisis situations in families and preventing conflicts. In June, individual meetings were held with two families, and a telephone consultation was held with one family. The work was carried out by a psychologist and conflictologist of the Fund "Sukhumi".

An interesting activity took place in frames of the small project of Senaki Women Support Center - it was a chess tournament organized by members of Initiative Groups of the viullage Teklati and Nosiri. In May, the tournament was held in school of the village Teklati, and this time at the school of the village Nosiri. At the end of the tournament the winners were awarded with prizes.

The goal of sports activity is to promote a healthy lifestyle that contributes to the prevention of violence.