The women initiative group of the village Koki - Zugdidi municipality summarized the activities carried out within the framework of the 16-day campaign against gender-based violence during December meeting. The meeting was attended by the coordinator of the department for the protection of children’s rights of Zugdidi City Hall and the representative of the social and health service. They presented information about local programs. As for the youth initiative group, they were trained on the topic of peace and peace negotiations. The participants participated in the training through role-playing games and talked about what is necessary for the successful conduct and conclusion of the peace negotiations.

Peace, peace building, peace negotiations - training on these issues was held with the youth group of the village Didinedzi - Zugdidi municipality. With an interactive mode, on the background of the discussion, the participants analyzed what is needed to achieve peace and what is the role of young people in these processes. They understood what negotiation is, what segments are necessary and important to envisage for the proper conduct of the negotiation process.The whole group was actively involved in the training with the help of role-playing games. A meeting of the women initiative group was held within the framework of the 16-day campaign against gender-based violence. Didinedzi women and youth groups held many events and actions within the campaign. Wall newspapers, slogans, video clips were prepared, films were shown on the topic of violence, a survey was conducted on the role of women in social and political activities. Men also joined the action. School pupils, members of the Forum Theater, presented mini-plays against violence. The main goal is to raise awareness and reduce violence against women.

Map of the domestic violence risk indicator – this category is already used on our website https://sosfsokhumi.ge.

There are official statistics and data of the research of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”. In order to view the statistics of a particular region, you should select the corresponding unit on the map - Imereti, Samegrelo, Guria and Adjara.

According to the regions, anyone can find out statistics on complaints about domestic violence, reports received regarding cases of violence, as well as the level of employment or migration and statistics on families who receive a living wage.

Statistics can be viewed for individual municipalities of the region. Three municipalities are represented in Samegrelo: Senaki, Zugdidi and Tsalenjikha, in Imereti there are five: Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Samtredia and Bagdati, in Guria and Adjara data are recorded for one municipality: Chokhatauri and Kobuleti.

As we learned from feedback from Internet users, the risk map provides the necessary information to readers working on the problem, as well as to people who live in different municipalities.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

Fill out the questionnaire! - Such request appeared on our web page.

The introduction says:

Our website “Digital Resource Center for Violence Victims” - https://sosfsokhumi.ge/ has been operating for the second year.

The number of users is increasing every day.

This means taking into account visitors’ requests for the most interesting, important information.

You can help us improve the site!

Dozens of people have already filled out a questionnaire, which contains following questions: how important such an information platform is, how actively people use the site, and whether the information posted is useful for women victims/potential victims of domestic violence.

What questions are of great interest? This question is followed by 8 possible answers representing the categories of the website: services of central/local authorities and NGOs, legal mechanisms/laws, links to hotlines and applications, success stories, statistics, map of risk indicators.

In addition, we are interested in what other information readers want to receive and how easy it is to find the necessary information on the site.

Analysis of the received responses will help to improve the site.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

Women mutual assistance groups have joined the international campaign "16 active days against gender-based violence ". This campaign empowers women and helps them find more supporters at the local level.

All groups, together with local governments, try to solve their problems. A psychologist from the Women Fund “Sukhumi” presented at several meetings and began working on difficult cases.

Group members talk openly about problems. The meetings were attended by representatives of the City Hall, social services and the gender council, who are ready to get involved in the advocacy process and help women achieve their goals.

The December meetings were distinguished by the fact that group members were awarded with certificates of gratitude for their trust and cooperation. This is a good motivation for them.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

Training on the topic “Women’s leadership, self-presentation, public speech” was held in Senaki, in the IDP village.

Leaders and women activists from 15 different homeowners’ associations took part in the training. They were given information about leadership qualities and important skills that are necessary for the leader.

The second part was even more interesting - about self-presentation and public speech.

The participants actively participated in the discussion of the topic with their stories and practical examples. According to them, the training was useful, and the knowledge gained will be reflected in their practical activities.

The work is carried out in partnership with the Center “Abkhazeti” within the framework of the project “Support of the conflict transformation in the South Caucasus and Moldova”.

“Leadership, presentation, public speech” - this topic became the topic of the training held at Tskaltubo Innovation Center.

Leaders of homeowners’ association living in the IDP community took part in the training. Practical trainings, thematic videos, and exercises improved the theoretical material.

Participants noted that such trainings are important for them because they develop their skills and competencies.

Participants of the training had the opportunity to listen to representatives of the center “Abkhazeti” and receive the necessary information about the services they offer to IDPs.

The work is carried out in partnership with the Center “Abkhazeti” within the framework of the project “Support of the conflict transformation in the South Caucasus and Moldova”.

The Women Fund “Sukhumi”, in partnership with the Charitable - Humanitarian Center “Abkhazeti”, is implementing a project aimed at identifying active women leaders in IDP communities and training them with relevant skills.

In the framework of the project, informational meetings were held in five municipalities of Western Georgia: Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Senaki and Zugdidi, as a result of which 15 women leaders were selected in each municipality for whom training on women's leadership and advocacy issues will be conducted.

The Women Fund “Sukhumi”, in partnership with the Gender Equality Council of Tsalenjikha Municipality, held a series of information meetings with women. The meetings were held in the town Jvari and the villages: Nakifu, Lia, Pakhulani, Sachino, Jgali.

Participants were informed about the global campaign of “16 active days against gender-based violence”, specially prepared information booklets were distributed, and meeting participants with orange ribbons expressed support for the campaign.

According to the Ukrainians, we remain the only organization that consistently helps them in many issues.

There are 387 people in our database, 17 new ones were added in December. Assistance with vouchers was provided to 39 families. There was also another type of support: we paid utility bills for 4 families, rent costs for 6 families and telephone costs for one person.

11 Ukrainians took part in the event of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”, which was dedicated to the completion of the campaign of “16 active days against gender-based violence women”. Three of them expressed gratitude and highly appreciated the work of the fund, the consultations of a psychologist and a lawyer, who at different stages provided and continue to provide them with assistance. During this meeting, the women got to know each other and decided to communicate regularly. Yulia Rezvan expressed special gratitude for the opportunity - she bakes, and she was ordered sweet cookies for this meeting. This is a big assistance for her, and she is very glad that “in this difficult time, we are supporting women from Ukraine in every possible way.”

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

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