April was an active month in the work of the psychologist of the fund “Sukhumi”. For various problems, individual psychotherapeutic consultations were given to 6 people, 14 phone calls and Skype conversations. Psychotherapy with family couples was also conducted.
Fund “Sukhumi” held a roundtable in Baghdati Municipality on the topic of “Introducing Gender Approaches in Local Policy”. The major principles of the “Manual” for gender strategies at the local level created by the Fund were presented to the audience. The issues that were identified during the cooperation with local municipalities have been discussed.
In addition to the representatives of the local municipality and local civic groups, the members of the Gender Equality Councils of Kutaisi and Tskaltubo Municipalities attended the meeting.
On the same day, Sakrebulo of Baghdati Municipality, the City Hall and the Cultural-Humanitarian Fund "Sukhumi" signed a memorandum of cooperation that will facilitate the implementation of the gender equality policies at the local level.
An independent evaluator of the Swedish Women's Fund Kvinna till Kvinna - Dion Betersby visited the Fund "Sukhumi".
- What is the connection of the organization with Kvinna till Kvinna - history, starting with peacekeeping work, which is still relevant today, important achievements accumulated by the fund “Sukhumi” in different directions - the chairperson of the organization - Alla Gamakharia mainly spoke about it.
- Cooperation with partner organizations, networking and achieved results - project coordinator Meri Gelashvili answered the questions.
In the second part of the visit, Dion Betersby met the activists and beneficiaries of the project. Participants told about concrete cases.
Cooperation with crisis families is complex, and together with a psychologist a conflictologist also is involved. During a month, the work was done with three families. The reasons are different: alcohol, childlessness, incompatibility of characters ... After each meeting, an individual schedule is created to overcome the crisis situation. Based on the situation, the session can be continued for several months.
From the meeting to the meeting, couples have the opportunity to use online consultations. It should be noted that men are ready to cooperate with a psychologist and overcome the crisis.
A workshop was held in the village Nakhakhulevi (Khoni municipality). This was planned in frames of the Women Support Center project "Non-violent Future Generation". Workshop was devoted to bulling, as one of the types of violence. The meeting was attended by pupils of the school, head of the kindergarten, logopedist, librarian. The topic of bullying and its types: verbal, emotional, physical, cyber-bullying were discussed. Participants learned lots of necessary issues.
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