On February 14, another online information meeting was held with members of Khoni youth group. What is gender, what does gender equality mean and what can gender inequality cause, what are the most common stereotypes we face in society. The participants talked about these and other topics with the representative of the Fund "Sukhumi".
Here are the participants' views on the issue - gender inequality may lead to:
"Confrontation between the genders"; "Mental and psychological harm to a person"; The stereotypes established today are: - "Men are physically stronger than women"; "A man should bring into the family and a woman should only take care of house"; - "A man knows how to drive a car better than a woman" etc.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Gender and Gender Equality Aspects - This topic was discussed by members of Senaki Youth Group.
"Unequal distribution of roles in the family is directly connected to stereotypes";
"It is necessary to change the way of thinking and break these stereotypes";
"A woman should have the right of choice in the family."
Such positions were recorded by the members of the initiative group.
Also, during the discussion, it was mentioned that violence and aggression against women is related to the neglect of the issue of gender equality in society.
Young people believe that the next generation needs proper information, this issue should be actively discussed in educational institutions in order to break down the harmful stereotypes that recognize only the superiority of men in the family.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Information collection through focus groups and in-depth interviews What difficulties follow this process; What factors contributed to the successful completion of the research; Members of Tskaltubo Women Initiative Group openly assessed the work done. Each speaker talked about how the process was planned and what results were achieved. According to the participants, the facilitation process is accompanied by difficulties, however gained experience and skills helped them to complete the research successfully. "The process was interesting for us as well, because we had direct communication with women and talked about the barriers that hinder the women’s success."
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
We received a lot of valuable experience on how to find the shortest ways to solve the issues of our community!
We have identified the priority issues and set out a strategy on how to start changes.
We have a lot of new ideas, we also outlined the ways to solve them.
We saw our possibilities better.
The members of women initiative group of the village Didi Nedzi evaluate the advocacy training conducted by the Women Fund "Sukhumi". During the online meeting, they were informed about the forms, methods and ways of civil advocacy.
The advocacy strategy and action plan have been developed around one of the priority issues for the community.
They gained experience in how to formulate the main message of advocacy, how to establish effective communication with target groups, how to choose methods.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
- There are women around us who live with these problems. Information should reach every family and every woman should feel that she is not alone in case of violence – this is the opinion of meeting participants. They will spread the received information in different communities and thus help to prevent the cases of domestic violence.
Monthly information meetings in Bagdati, Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), Samtredia, were attended by representatives of various communities. According to the mobilizers of the Women Support Centers, the society still needs information on issues of violence in order to properly assess the results.
The meetings promoted to identify cases of violence. The number of people, who need help, was increased. The psychologist and the lawyer of the Women Fund “Sukhumi” started working on specific cases identified in Koki and Bagdati.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
"Violence Prevention and Victim Protection" - a round table on this topic was held by the Women Fund "Sukhumi". The meeting was attended by the referral unities under the Law on Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence from Ozurgeti and Poti municipalities - representatives of the Criminal Police, Social Service Agency, Local Self-government, Educational and Medical institutions.
The lack of joint efforts and coordination at the local level was highlighted. The participants talked about the ways of violence prevention and victim assistance. As a result of group work, factors hindering and promoting coordination were identified. It was outlined how to improve coordination and intensify work with the involvement of local referral unities.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
What is volunteering?
What benefits does it have?
How to become a volunteer and what do we need to know about it?
These and other questions were answered by Ele Sulakvelidze, a member of Kutaisi initiative group and a participant of the volunteers’ promotion program. An online information meeting was held on February 9. Such initiatives from young people are welcome. It was useful and informative meeting.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
The ordinary information meeting was held with the members of the women initiative group of the village Pakhulani of Tsalenjikha Municipality and the villages DidiNedzi and Koki of Zugdidi Municipality.
The meetings were dedicated to the evaluation of the technical side of the research of the project "Barriers and Opportunities for Women's Participation in Socio-Political Life and Economic Activities".
Participants talked about how they planned the research process, what hindering and contributing factors they observed in the work process. Each speaker spoke using their own examples.
They shared the difficulties of working with groups.
They talked about how they were able to record the interview, talking face to face with the respondents.
Participants received advice on the basic principles of facilitation.
The future plans were also discussed with the group members.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
The last meetings of the six-month training course of the Youth Empowerment Centers were held. The meetings were attended by 97 participants from Samtredia, Bagdati, Terjola, Tkibuli and Vani municipalities.
The high interest of the participants to the topic “Ways of conflict resolution, norms of ethics and aesthetics, relationships between parents and children, problems and reasons”. was obvious.
Summarizing event will be held in March, which will be attended by representatives from all ten municipalities. Young people will continue to work actively in their schools - 10 leaders from 5 centers will make presentations and share their knowledge with groups of students.
Children's letters to parents were special in this month. The trainers asked the participants to write a message for their parents, to express their love, thoughts, wishes ... Quite large and good material was collected and will be published on our website as a success story.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
