During the month, 9 information meetings of the Youth Clubs were held. The last three meetings were held in Dvabzu (Ozurgeti municipality), Senaki, Ganmukhuri (Zugdidi municipality).

Topics of the meetings: early marriages, problems and reasons - for the prevention of violence.

There was a meeting, exchange of information, conversation about traditions, about rural life, stereotype thinking, about girls who decide to marry early. A special meeting was held in Dvabzu, where the Fund "Sukhumi" came for the first time.

As a result of discussions and life examples the meetings became active and more interesting.

In schools of Ozurgeti, Senaki, Zugdidi municipalities, regular meetings with boys were held. The aim of the meetings is to familiarize them with ways of violence prevention. Role games were used during the meeting. Actor skills of participants made the meetings interesting. Besides the role games, video clips were shown which were especially interesting for the boys. Using these methods, they have better understood that it is necessary to prevent violence and create a harmonious society. The men have a serious role in it.

During the workshops with the youth of Ozurgeti, Zugdidi and Senaki the topic of gender violence was discussed.

The participants believe that gender violence is  a serious problem and connect them with traditions and social stereotypes.

According to the workshop participants, the way out is informing the youth. Similar discussions are the guarantee that young people will have the right positions.

A certain part of the meetings held with the boys was devoted to the scenery of video clips, in which the topic of violence is presented in the form of animations. Participants especially like this format. Then the discussion begins, and the boys express their opinions. During the discussion, following position is formed - that men are not inherently aggressive, that a man should not be a rapist. This is exact purpose of the meetings that were held in the schools of Khoni, Tskaltubo and Terjola municipality.

Early marriage is still an actual problem, that’s why this issue was put in the agenda of the information meetings of the Youth Clubs of the Fund "Sukhumi". Three more meetings were held in may in Terjola, school No. 7 in Khoni and in Kutaisi youth center.

Participants talked about the reasons of early marriages, positive and negative sides, traditions, law. Emphasized the role of the family and especially of mother, who has high responsibility in the education of girls. According to the participants, discussion of this topic is very important for familiarization with the law and prevention.

 

  

In schools of Kutaisi, Poti and Lanchkhuti municipalities, the regular meetings were held. The boys - participants of the meetings got acquainted with the ways of violence prevention. Most of it was devoted to group work and role games. Through these games, the boys saw the negative results of violence. The goal of the work is formation of  young people to harmonious individuals who will say no to violence!

"This meeting has newly shown us the problem of early marriage. It is necessary to discuss similar topics in bigger youth audiences," this is the opinion of one of the participants, the opinion of others coincides with it.

Early marriage, problems, negative results – these were the topics of the information meetings of Youth Clubs in Poti - village Kviani (Lanchkhuti Municipality) and Khoni.

Participants expressed their attitude towards early marriage, they gave examples, which became the subject of active discussion.

How important is communication in conflict management, how we communicate, how information is distorted, workshops on these issues were held with boys in Lanchkhuti, Senaki and Ozurgeti.

Participants emphasized the non-verbal aspect, which is especially important in communication. Young people believe that majority of conflicts start because of incorrect communication. Therefore, they pay special attention to information on these issues.

The participants of the workshops noted that effective communication is achieved through education, information, and they are ready, to use the received skills in practice.

Equality and violence. The connection between them. What is the background of violence? What is the significance of preventive mechanisms? Discussions took place at information meetings of the youth clubs in Nakhakhulevi (municipality of Khoni), Gvankiti (municipality of Terjola), Tskhunkuri (municipality of Tskaltubo), Orsantia (municipality of Zugdidi), Lesa (municipality of Lanchkhuti), Kutaisi. The students expressed high interest. It turned out that the civil club "Nergebi" (seedlings) of the school in the village Gvankiti is very active in this respect - its members have prepared a video about bullying and took second place in the contest.

  

 

Most of the meetings with the boys in Poti, Tskaltubo, Terjola were devoted to determine the role of men in the family and society. Participants mentioned that the men are good protectors and partners. They played different roles that concerned conflict situations and their solutions.