In October, the mobilizers of Senaki, Kutaisi, Khoni, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi municipality) and Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality) Women Support Centers held mobilization meetings.

The topic of the meetings is the International Day of Rural Women. This day reminds society how valuable is the work of women living in the villages. The state should realize that a woman, who is socially and economically active will bring great benefits both to her family and to the whole society. Meetings with representatives of local governments were held on this topic, so that the needs of women and girls living in villages become priority for them. The advocacy groups started to work on the issues, raised during the meetings.

The project of Poti Women Support Center “Chain of Violence” is in the active phase. A meeting in the hall of the college “Pazisi” was organized by members of the Women’s Club. Representatives of medical institutions, law enforcement agencies, the gender council and other spheres of society spoke about the reasons of domestic violence and ways to eradicate it. The members of the Women's Club addressed the local self-government with an initiative to include appropriate budgetary resources in strategies and action plans and provide assistance to women victims of domestic violence.

Art Gallery 34 hosted a competition of drawings of the beneficiaries of Poti Day Center. The topic of competition was: “The Family of My Dreams”. The competition showed what does the family of dreams look like for children and how close it is to reality.

TV Company “9th Wave” of Poti prepared the TV story about the meeting in frames of the project: “Chain of Violence”.

Two events were held in frames of a small project of Lanchkhuti Women Support Center.

One activity was held in a kindergarten - with the participation of a lawyer, psychologist and conflict expert of the Fund “Sukhumi”. The participants got acquainted with referral program. They talked about how to identify children who are at risk of violence.

A training was also held in Lanchkhuti, which was attended by representatives of the Mayor in five communities, specialists and a social worker. They received information about identification and response to violence.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

The short film screening and active discussion was held in frames of small project of Terjola Women Support Center.

There was also a meeting-dialogue with parents with the inclusion of a lawyer, conflict expert and psychologist of the Fund “Sukhumi”. Parents spoke openly about the problems. They expressed a desire to systematically hold such meetings and involve more parents. In addition to general meetings, individual + e consultations were also held. 

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)