Professional skills and accounting courses for beneficiaries are studied at the Rehabilitation Center of the Fund "Sukhumi".
At the end of September, new students came to the courses. They successfully meet and master a new profession: the basics of accounting and reporting, tax legislation, accounting programs. Women note that they will use this knowledge in practice
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
An online conference on "Women and Mobility - Gender Aspects of The Women Daily Movement" was organized by the Office of the Public Defender of Georgia and supported by the German Cooperation Society (GIZ). The welcoming speeches were made by: Martina Kolby, Program Director of the German International Cooperation “Mobility for Cities”, Nino Tsilosani, Chairperson of the Gender Equality Council of the Parliament of Georgia, and Niko Tatulashvili, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Human Rights.
Nino Korinteli - a researcher of the Fund "Sukhumi" Tbilisi Representative Office, was actively involved in the discussion. She participated in the online meeting as an independent consultant and co-author of the research. During the presentation, she highlighted the importance of women's economic empowerment (especially for vulnerable groups) and underlined, that despite the Monitoring Report of Fund "Sukhumi" - "Development of Child Care Services to Promote Women's Employment and Ensure Effective Prevention and Response to Domestic Violence" focuses on barriers to the development of childcare services, these two researches combine the emphasis on factors that promote women's economic empowerment (e.g. education, professional growth and employment)and the obstacles (e.g. according to the Fund “Sukhumi” research, restrictions to movement are considered as a barrier in getting education ).
September was active with informational meetings: at the meetings, which were held in various communities, both online and offline formats were used.
At information meetings, cases of domestic violence were identified, based on necessity, they were re-addressed to a psychologist and a lawyer.
In order to advocate actual problems, the mobilizers of the Women Support Centers, met with representatives of local self-government throughout the month.
Information meetings were held in all ten municipalities and included 158 people.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The meeting was attended by representatives of local self-government of 10 municipalities of Western Georgia, social workers, representatives of crisis centers and private business, active women.
They were provided with a research conducted by the Fund "Sukhumi" "Support for the employment of women - services for childcare - prevention of domestic violence/violence against women and effective response".
During the meeting, they talked about how much the lack of additional childcare services creates an obstacle in the employment of women and their independent life. It was noted that, based on the data obtained from the monitoring, advocacy will begin to create or develop additional childcare services aimed at women’s needs.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - EvangelischerEntwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Despite the period of vacation, a psychologist and a lawyer of the Fund "Sukhumi" actively worked in August.
This is shown in following figures:
Online and offline group meetings and individual consultations with 47 beneficiaries were held in 5 Women Support Centers.
The psychologist carried out work with three crisis families and online psychotherapy for 16 beneficiaries.
The lawyer conducted 4 individual online and 3 offline consultations.
All participants are satisfied with the consultations.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
On August 25, a meeting of the mobilizers of all ten Women Support Centers was held. The meeting was held online and the participants evaluated the work done and paid attention to the challenges on the ground. According to them, information meetings are of particular importance in terms of identifying problems and needs of women. After exchanging information, the participants discussed the plan for the next month.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The work in the Women Support Centers towards informing the population is actively underway. The meetings highlighted the importance of coordination between actors working on the issue of violence to give the victim feeling of better support.
Mobilizers are addressed to solve the problem of violence as well as social problems. Advocacy is oftern carried out in cooperation with local government.
The meetings were held in Women Support Centers of Chokhatauri, Samtredia, Kobuleti, Terjola and Tsalenjikha.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Another course completed lessons on working with polymer clay in the day rehabilitation center of the Fund "Sukhumi". At the final meeting, the participants presented the work created during the training period, talked about themselves, their results and their experience both in terms of professional development and in terms of communication. The presentation was impressive and was highly appreciated by the representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi".
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The day rehabilitation center of the Fund "Sukhumi" completed the course of accounting. The course participants got acquainted with the following issues: theoretical bases of accounting, accounting regulation, organizational legal forms of enterprises, legislation, acting in Georgia, the ORIS program.
At the end of the course, during the final testing, the group members showed good preparation. They will use their knowledge and experience in practice.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
