Women Support Centers (530)
Women Support Center these are the branches of the Fund “Sukhumi” in Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Terjola, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti, created since 2009. The centers are designed to strengthen women, provide social, psychological, legal assistance to women - victims of violence and to crisis families in a difficult life situation. They promote to the protection of women's rights and ensure their socio-psychological rehabilitation.
On February 1, at the office of the Fund "Sukhumi", mobilizers of Women Support Centers gathered, who will work on the projects. The participants discussed the directions of the small grant competition and the projects that should be implemented this year.
There are already 11 project ideas. Five projects have been selected for financing, which will be implemented in the municipalities of Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti and Zugdidi.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Representatives of 9 municipalities (Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi, Terjola, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti) gathered in the office of the Fund "Sukhumi" - mobilizers of Women Support Centers. These are people who will mobilize and organize various meetings.
They got acquainted with the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia", with its goals, working concept, planned activities.
Each of them has a working spirit, as this work will improve the lives of women and their families.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Fund “Sukhumi” announced a small grant competition for the Women's Support Centers. The main direction is the protection of the rights of women and girls.
The centers presented 11 project ideas. 5 projects have been selected for financing:
Raising the level of civic education of teachers, educators and parents of pupils of kindergartens in Tskaltubo.
Work with pupils of Khoni municipality in terms of conflict resolution and bullying prevention.
Inclusion of representatives of Senaki Municipality communities in the process of resolving domestic conflicts.
Promotion of a healthy lifestyle among the youth of the Poti municipality.
Information on domestic violence and the appropriate response of women living in the villages of Zugdidi municipality.
Women Support Centers in Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti and Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) will start implementing projects starting in February.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Since January 10, 2018 the Fund "Sukhumi" started working on the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia". This is the continuation of the Fund’s long-term work in protecting women's rights.
Over the past 6 months, work has been actively carried out in the Women's Support Centers of 6 municipalities of Western Georgia - Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi.
Since January three more municipalities have been added - Terjola, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, where Women's Support Centers will be established.
Various activities are planned to support and rehabilitate victims of violence and crisis families, and active cooperation with local governments will continue.
An important component of the project is the opening of a rehabilitation center and placement of victims of violence (in the crisis period). The center will hold training seminars for victims of violence and representatives of crisis families: they will be offered professional courses, as well as assistance in finding employment.
The project will contribute to strengthening the rights of women in 9 municipalities of Western Georgia.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Life difficulties are an obstacle to the achievement of the goal, and efforts must be made to overcome them. The psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi" held consultations on these urgent issues in the Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Poti, Khoni, Senaki and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality). The meetings were attended by women aged 26 - 65. They learned that difficulties arise in unusual circumstances when it is necessary to solve non-standard and therefore difficult tasks, which are often called problems. The psychologist gave advice, and the main one is: Be sure, this is a temporary phenomenon. Nothing lasts forever, including difficulties.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
On December 20-22 in Borjomi, the hotel "Borjomi Palace" hosted a training on the topic "Fundraising, project design and project management". It was attended by the mobilizers of 6 Women Support Centers.
In the first part of the training there was provided psycho-rehabilitation of participants, over which the psychologist of the fund "Sukhumi" worked.
During the training, attention was paid to the following questions: how to find funds, the main stages of fundraising, SWOT analysis.
Participants actively joined the work. They already have practice, independently implement projects, and for them it is very important to find means. At the training, specific problems were selected, and projects were developed in these areas.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The participants of the workshop spoke about the campaign "16 active days against gender-based violence" and its meaning.
How to help the victim of violence, who enters into referral subjects, how the law determines their authority - these issues were discussed with the women participants of the workshops. In their opinion, a person should feel responsible and timely intervene in family conflicts, since the likelihood of becoming a victim of violence for woman is high.
During the discussion, when talking about referral subjects, a special emphasis was put on the responsibility of the school. As it was mentioned, the school is one of the serious links that should actively join in the prevention of violence.
Workshops were held in the Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, Senaki, Tskaltubo.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
How to manage conflicts, how to avoid aggression - young people - participants of the workshops, held in Khoni, Poti and Koki (Zugdidi municipality), made these accents. They believe that in schools in the case of violence they try not to bear responsibility, since they often do not know what to do to prevent violence.
Who should work for the prevention of violence, who are the subjects of the referral mechanism - young people listened with interest to information on this topic. In their opinion, society must understand that ignoring the problem is not an option. On the contrary, it is necessary to speak more about the scale of violence, so that everyone understands its negative consequences.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Within the framework of the International campaign "16 active days against gender-based violence", the Poti Women's Support Center carried out a mini project "Harmonious Environment for babies". Information meetings with representatives of the association of preschool institutions and Sakrebulo were held. Two training sessions were held, in which teachers and heads of 15 kindergartens took part, as well as representatives of the kindergartens and City Hall.
The participants of the trainings discussed gender stereotypes and problems of violence, as well as the possibilities for their solution. Within the framework of the project, a "Communication board" was created in several kindergartens. With the help of the board. parents can anonymously fix their opinions and, if necessary, will respond to a particular problem.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The mini-project of Kutaisi Women Support Center was completed, dedicated to the International campaign "16 active days against gender-based violence".
In the beginning, there were information meetings with representatives of all 12 administrative units. The mobilizer of the Women Support Center acquainted them with the significance of the campaign, with the activities of the fund “Sukhumi” for the Prevention of Violence and Victim Assistance, and also provided information on the increased responsibility of local government in this matter. Information leaflets were distributed at the meetings.
On December 8, representatives of administrative units gathered in the City Hall for the training "Prevention of Domestic Violence and assistance of Violence Victim: Issues of Self-Government Competence". Recommendations were developed at the end of the training.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)