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The women, who gathered for the final meeting of Kutaisi Club of Voter Women familiarized with the magazine: “Gender Advisory Councils”, which describes results and achievements of the work in three-year project.
The meeting participants analyzed strength and weaknesses, spoke about challenges and possibilities.
The project is finished, but the club will continue working in frames of the new project, which means cooperation with local government, political parties, supporting women for elections.
Women also spoke about solved problems and about other issues, that should be solved. They have already chosen some of the problems for advocacy.
Perception of tolerance among teenagers - for the prevention of violence - this was the theme of an information meeting of the Youth Club of Poti. During the meetings in Women's Support Centres of Tskhaltubo and Khoni, young people discussed gender-based, reasons and mechanisms of protection.
Interesting group, the activity of participants, examples from their own lives, frank discussions - this is different in each meeting. Participants noted that such meetings are important, as it contributes to a healthy attitude to current issues.
In public school of the village Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) and in WSC of Khoni there were held informational meetings of the youth clubs on the common issue domestic violence, its reasons and preventive mechanisms.
In Koki there were invited pupils from school of village Orsantia, who themselves expressed a will to participate in the meeting. New members were involved in discussion of topic.
The youth of Khoni is well aware with the issue and it is easy to work with them. There were interesting examples, active discussions, there were fixed initiatives.
“While the law and society will be separated, the problem will not be solved” – mentioned one of the participants.
The meeting in WSC of Kutaisi was devoted to reasons and protective mechanisms of trafficking. In this active youth club there were invited three new members. They were involved actively in discussions. It was noted that movement and travel is a risk, if a person has no correct information.
On June 8 and 9 in Ureki there was held network meeting of the members of Club of Voter Women and journalists.
Several sessions of the meeting were held in interesting format: - presentation of the work of Fund “Sukhumi” on formation of local gender policy, experience of the club of Kutaisi, Senaki, Ozurgeti, Batumi, khobi, Zugdidi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, role of media, gender legislation and practice, elaboration of strategy.
At the end of meeting, by the active involvement of each participant, there were formatted main directions of the club work and concrete activities were planned.
In School No1 of Tskaltubo, there was held informational meeting of the youth club on the issue of domestic violence reasons and prevention mechanisms. Discussion of the topic was held in interesting atmosphere, lots of questions were put – especially regarding a problem of prevention and effectiveness of law.
The meeting in school No 2 of Poti, discussed a problem of trafficking, as one of the ways of violence. they spoke about reasons and thought about the ways out.
Especially interesting was meeting in the village Teklati (Senaki Municipality) on the topic of trafficking. As the meeting was held for the first time, participants received information about the fund “Sukhumi”, about youth clubs. Several pupils were chosen, who expressed a will to become a member of the club.
Meetings of the youth clubs in Tskaltubo, Senaki and Poti were devoted to actual issues – norms of ethics and esthetics, sex education and formation of personal culture - as a tool for violence prevention.
The young men listened with interest to the assistant of Fund "Sukhumi”, to each other, and thus searched for answers to the questions, the truth, the way to solve problems.
Discussions were interesting and active. Participants talked about the prevention of violence. This is more or less connected with the rules of ethics and esthetics, with the proper sex education and personal culture.
Opinions of the participants:
“Interesting, actual, unusual issues were chosen, which we could not discuss anywhere. That is why I like meetings in youth clubs”.
“It is good that stereotype that our generation chooses society, without violence is ruined”.
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”.
Meeting of Kutaisi Club of Voter Women began in not so ordinary format. The women, who cooperate with the fund ”Sukhumi” for years, were given the award of “honorable members” and were awarded by the diplomas. In the interview for the TV story the women mentioned that they learned lots of things in the club – mainly defining priorities and advocate problems.
The women discussed the response of superior of the service for city cleaning to a letter sent after the last meeting.
The meeting was interesting by the fact that there was invited to a gynecologist, who answered all questions from the audience.
Ethical norms and formation of personal culture, as instrument of violence prevention – these interesting issues were discussed by the members of the youth club in Khoni, School No3 and Senaki, school No4 and also in the WSC of Kutaisi.
The topic caused interest. Live examples gave the young people sence of openness and they actively involved in the discussions. They mentioned:
“discussion of similar topics positively effects on our consciousness and relation towards different issues”.
“I like protection of ethic norms, which is connected with prevention of violence”.
“interesting and close connection between ethics and violence and it is good, that we saw it”.
Youth Clubs of Schools №1 Tskhaltubo and №7 Poti, as well as the village of Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) considered an interesting subject - the ethical standards and the formation of personal culture, as a tool for violence prevention.
Initially, participants were unable to link the ethics with violence, but immediately defined links and practical purpose, to use the knowledge and skills in life.
There was felt working mood and interactive, interesting debate, life examples.
There were lots of questions that were answered together. It was said that no one gives the students information on these topics, and it is the role of non-governmental sector.