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.
In January there were held 7 legal, informational-consultation meetings with the IDPs and local population, also 2 individual consultations.
The main issue of the meetings – legal mechanisms of victim protection. Individual consultations were given to beneficiary, who addressed from the asylum of victims from Kutaisi and asked to help giving her the status of victim. There was filled in the questionnaire, which together with other necessary documents was given to the group for defining the status of victim. The work regarding the case will be continued and finished in nearest future.
9 psychological group 3 individual consultative meetings were held in January with the IDPs in Kutaisi. 58 women attended at the age of 19-67. 7 women participated for the first time.
They spoke about stress, conflicts in the family, low self-esteem ... According to psychologist of Fund "Sukhumi", the activity is the only way to do away with stress. Constant focus on the bright side of life and on the actions, that can improve the situation, not only saves the health, but also contributes to the success.
In WSCs of Senaki, Kutaisi and Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality) during the January there were held psychological group meetings on the topic: “Combating and control against negative emotions and stresses.” This is one of the preventive measures of domestic violence.
The reasons, which cause violence are numerous: troubles in personal life, problems at work, conflicts with family, unpaid loans, complexes and phobias. On the advice of a psychologist, without an analysis of these reasons it is impossible to overcome stress.
On 12, 18 and 20 January in the Women Support Centres of Tskhaltubo, Poti and Khoni individual and group psychological consultations were carried out. Individual psychosocial consultations were held for 4 beneficiaries for personal psychological problems, one of which is expressed in a complex depression.
The theme of the group meetings was "Improving self-esteem for the prevention of domestic violence."
- Subjective assessment is important because as low self-esteem in some cases is the basis for the conflict - said psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi". As it was said, women will take into account this advice.
In IDP comp[act resettlements of Kutaisi, in December there were held 12 group psychological meetings. 70 women participated from 20 to 67. Individual consultations were given to 5 women regarding the problem of tensed relations in family, free of complexes, low self-esteem. The main topic of conversation of group meetings was information about 16 day campaign against violence towards women, as well as how to build a harmonious relationship in the family.
During December in Kutaisi there were held 12 legal informational – consultative meetings with local population and IDPs. The meetings were attended by 73 women. They were given information about a law on domestic violence and about changes, which will be made in futire. One woman received individual consultation about a law on alimony and was re-addressed in GYLA.
As a result of the monitoring the lawyer of the fund “Sukhumi” that two families received satisfactory answer on the issue of resettlement and were given alternative spaces.
Planned legal informative – consultation meetings were held in WSCs of Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Poti and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality).
During the meetings there were discussions of different actual issues – domestic violence, law against violence, reasons of domestic conflicts, procedures of divorce.
Meeting participants also received individual consultations. For example one woman, who had a conflict in family, by the advice of the lawyer addressed the branch of GYLA and now she feels herself more protected.
Psychological group consultations were held in Women's Support Centres of Senaki Kutaisi and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality) – they were was attended by 38 women aged from 24 to 68, among them there were 13 IDPs. Individual consultations were given to two women.
The main topic of these meetings was the information about the 16-day campaign against gender violence. The meeting participants discussed how to build harmonious family relations and develop them from a gender perspective. For all of them it was interesting to make conclusion with a psychologist: "Start with respect to each other, to the wishes and needs of other family members. If parents respect their children, then the children understand how important this is. Listen to each other! "
In December in the WSC of Tskaltubo and Poti, also in the village Gocha-Jikhaishi of Khoni Municipality there were held consultations of psychologist. In Tskaltubo there were held individual consultations with the young people. In Khoni and Poti the meetings were held according the planned topic: how to realize the psychological press and violence, not to become victims of violence - for the prevention of domestic violence. Women got the skills and knowledge that will contribute to their approval in the family and society.
In November there were held 12 legal consultative-informational meetings in Kutaisi – with local and IDP population. The meeting participants learned about 16 day campaign. They also heard information regarding law. There were held individual consultations. There was made a statement and sent to the mayor of Kutaisi. Monitoring regarding this issue will be continued in future.