During the online meeting with women in the village Kakhati (Zugdidi municipality), the advocacy plan that would address priority issues was discussed.

“We women have become very inert, always waiting for someone to come and solve our problem.” We ourselves must be active in order to deliver our voice to the government”, the participants noted.

The women's initiative group has already started the advocacy process, which includes community activists.

Women initiative groups of the Fund “Sukhumi” actively continue advocacy of problems that were identified as a result of informational meetings and surveys in villages near the conflict line. Working meetings in the online format have already been held with group moderators, and prior issues have been identified. Community members will be included in the discussion of the advocacy plan. The list also contains long-term problems, and, accordingly, advocacy will be continued at the level of municipalities and ministries.

With the efforts of the Fund "Sukhumi" Women Initiative Group another problem was solved. After advocacy, in the IDP community of the village Kakhati (Zugdidi municipality), the sewer system was cleaned. The identification of this problem was held at an information meeting.

In cooperation with the local self-government, the advocacy process was continued promptly and the problem that caused the risks of infection of citizens has already been resolved.

“There are no big and small problems for us, all the problems are important and we want to work harder to solve them,” noted the women at an online meeting that was held to identify problems. The meeting participants spoke about the problems that exist in the community of the village Orsantia - Zugdidi municipality. They believe that they can be solved with the support of the local self-government.