On the International Day of Rural Women on October 17 in the village of Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) Women's Support Center of Khurcha / Koki organized a meeting with rural women. The meeting discussed the situation in the village, problems of women, the work of the Women's Support Center.

At the meeting there was invited the Specialist from Kutaisi - a reproductive gynecologist Lorita Mikava. She told the participants about the problems and diseases of women of all ages, about the importance of annual surveys, about existing free surveys.

Participants had the opportunity to talk individually with a specialist and get answers from her.

A seminar for municipality representatives from Georgia was held in the NGO Gender Studies, Czech Republic, in June 2017. The topic of the seminar was the gender mainstreaming and NGO participation on gender equality in Czech Republic.

Clara Kozlova – an expert involved in the project of Fund “Sukhumi” – “Learning from Visegrad 4 Experience to Advocate for Equal, Inclusive and Democratic Local Governance”, financed by the Visegrad Foundation, told the seminar participants about the project and a research conducted by the experts of 5 countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Georgia), for policy documents on gender mainstreaming in local authorities in the context of European integration.

The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund 

Nicosia is the only capital in the world divided as a result of the conflict - the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, a member of the European Union and partly recognized by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. That is why the joint meetings took place here. At the meetings, studies were done and published to transform the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

Representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi" met with representatives of NGOs working in Nicosia and Limassol. Particularly interesting was the visit to the "House for Cooperation", which is located in the buffer zone, the so-called. Green line. This is a free space where Greek and Turkish Cypriots meet each other, cooperate in different projects, work together, carry out different activities, drink coffee together ...

Several days in Nicosia were the days when participants in the meetings shared the Cypriot and Georgian-Abkhazian experience, which was very necessary and useful for partner organizations.

The project  is implemented with the support

of  Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

Women's Support Centre continue co-operation with local authorities. Mobilizers visit Sakrebulo meeting, familiarize with government programs, with the information discussed at meetings and during mobilization meetings share received information with beneficiaries.

Mobilizers are actively cooperating with the authorities of villages. With their support the mobilization meetings are organized in the villages. For example, in April, the meetings were held in villages Komuli and Tskhaltubo (Tskaltubo Municipality) Teklati and Bataria (Senaki Municipality) and Gocha Jikhaishi and Kutiri (Khoni municipality).

there is a consultative group in the Fund "Sukhumi" on gender issues. The consultant of the group met with the representatives of the Municipality of Lanchkhut Municipality - the person authorized in gender equality and with the members of the Gender Equality Council. The conversation touched upon the structure of the Council and plans for the future, which implied close cooperation with the Fund “Sukhumi”.

The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund

Recently, the reform of the IDP allowances became the subject of discussion. To this topic was devoted a focus group held on May 17 with IDP women residing in Khoni. The participants expressed their attitude to the reform. They noted that the reforms should promote greater support and development of the IDPs, improve their socio-economic conditions, and not vice versa.

The meeting was held within the framework of the PIN project: «Involvement of NGOs working on issues of social protection, in the strategic dialogue in Georgia" - funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.

The project is implemented with the support of the Czech organization PIN 

Up to 70 people gathered in Kutaisi, at a conference organized by the Fund “Sukhumi”.

This was a summing up of the annual work of the Clubs of Voter Women of eight cities of Western Georgia - Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Khobi, Zugdidi, Ozurgeti, Batumi. Club activists, representatives of political parties and local self-government participated in the conference.

The main topics of the conference were: work with local self-government and social advocacy; Women candidates - rights, reality, challenges; A strategy for dialogue between women and political parties.

The conference created a space for sharing experience, remembering what was done, fixing the challenges and looking for ways to solve existing problems.

The event was held within the framework of the project "Active inclusion of women in the political life of Georgia through the democratization of electoral processes."

The project is implemented with the support  of the U.S. Embassy in Georgia