The meeting of the Club of voter women was dedicated to the International Day of Women's Solidarity - March 8. The conversation touched women's solidarity, women's leadership, women's participation in politics, and so on.

Invited participants of the club - active women, working in different spheres, had an opportunity to tell about their life, about the way they went, with what difficulties they encountered. It was noted that the success of women in public and political life is largely promoted by her family.

During the discussions, recommendations were made to improve women's rights and opportunities, which could be presented to political parties and local authorities.

The meeting of the Club of Voter Women of Khoni there was invited the chairman of the regional election commission Giorgi Gordadze. He noted that the current year was announced the year of "gender" by the CEC and told about a number of changes in the election procedure in the near future.

The meeting also considered all the planned issues.

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

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

Informational meetings of the Youth Clubs in March received a special load, as they were devoted to the theme of women's solidarity.

The history of the 8th of March and the women's movement, the solidarity of women for the prevention of violence, Georgian traditions, stereotyped thinking - these issues were touched upon by young people who gathered in schools No. 1 of Tskhaltubo, No. 7 - Poti, No. 7 - Senaki, in the village of Nakhakhulevi (Khoni municipality) Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), as well as in the private school "21st Century" in Kutaisi.

As a result of active involvement of young people, interesting discussions were held and it was fixed that March 8 should not be associated only with the holiday, flowers and cheerful mood, it is a day of solidarity and shows how to find ways to solve the problems of women.

40 women attended the club of voter women in Ozurgeti – Center of Democratic Engagement: representatives of local government, Gender Advisory Council, different services.

The audience spoke about actual problems of the city and ways of their advocacy. Future plans were defined.

Similar meetings are good ways of coordination of their work in frames of the project “Gender Advisory Councils – raising of women’s role in social changes of the region”.

Member of the Club of Voter Women – Lia Gvenetadze is a majoritarian candidate of Parliament. The club held an expanded meeting and invited a colleague. Mrs. Lia acquainted the participants with the program, said what she is going to change if elected as a Member of Parliament. Many points of the program are responses to the questions raised to Club. The participants talked about topical issues and received answers from the candidate.

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

The 2nd of December is a special day for Fund “Sukhumi”. For the first time in history Fund “Sukhumi” - a Georgian NGO has been awarded by the French Embassy with an International Distinction in the field of Human Rights.

The Chairperson of Fund “Sukhumi” Mrs. Alla Gamakharia and the Head of the Fund’s representation in Tbilisi Mrs. Ekaterina Gamakharia took part in the official 2018 Human Rights Prizes Ceremony. The prize was awarded by the Ambassador of France to Georgia, H.E. Pascal Meunier.

The ceremony was organized by the French Embassy and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Georgia in Tbilisi.