This publication, more than any other, is a product of team effort.
We worked together, with pleasure and interest. Talking about your own positive results naturally causes such feelings.
In 2013-2016 Fund “Sukhumi” implemented a very challenging, important and ambitious project “Gender Advisory Councils – increasing women’s role in social changes of regions”. The project turned out to be more successful than expected - establishing Gender Advisory Councils in Kutaisi, Ozurgeti and Senaki helped increase women’s role and also brought some social changes to regions.
Moreover, state legislation now makes provisions for establishing gender councils.
How did we start? What did we do? How did we achieve our goals? The book tries to answer all these questions.
In this book we will tell you about the roads we took, our rich three-year experience, changes that we witnessed at the end of the project, the impact on society, government agencies and media, the people who contributed to these changes.
The eighth issue of informational bulletin was published by the fund “Sukhumi”. It reflects the active work of the Women Support Centers, in frames of the project “Strengthening of Women’s Rights in Western georgia”. Informational-consultative meetings with the women and youth, advocacy of local problems in cooperation with the local government and other interesting issues
Women's Support Centres, with the financial support of the Fund "Sukhumi" in June and July have carried out independent projects. The essence of these projects and gained results were recorded in the seventh issue of the newsletter. In addition, it tells about the information and consultation meetings, advocated problems, working with victims of violence – briefly, about everything that took place in July in the framework of the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in the Western Georgia."
Three special years were completed - innovations, study, initiatives, strengthening, cooperation.
This is the third summarizing issue that reflects a three-year activity, changes in the project. People involved in the project, share with us their experiences, thoughts, impressions, experiences, talk about the changes....
Of course, the reader will read many interesting things in this publication, but it is impossible to cover everything, since the past three years - three times 365 days - was really special, full of successes and generous to them ...
Active work of Women Support Centers, informational-consultative meetings and solved problems, collaboration with local government with the aim of informing citizens and advocacy of problems –the sixth issue of informational bulletin, published by the fund “Sukhumi” in frames of the project “Strengthening of Women’s Rights in Western georgia” tells the readers and beneficiaries about this.
Mobilization and informational – consultative meetings, youth clubs, workshops in conflict management, performances of the forum – theatre. Totally in May there were held 87 activities in Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, khoni, Poti, Senaki, tskaltubo and Khurche/Koki (Zugdidi municipality.)
The work of women support centers of Kutaisi, Khoni, Poti, Senaki, Tskaltubo and Khurcha/Koki (Zugdidi municipality), collaboration with local self-government, advocacy and solution of the problem – these and other issues are publicized in the forth issue of informational bulletin of the fund “Sukhumi” in frames of the project “strengthening of women’s rights in Western Georgia”.
The third publication of informational bulletin reflects results of WSC activities in March in frames of the project: “Strengthening of women’s rights in Western Georgia”, work with the violence victim, round table, informational-consultative meetings, cooperation with local self-government, advocacy and solution of the problem.
There were held 93 planned and more than 20 ordinary activities in frames of women solidarity week.
Work with the victim – main task of Women Support Centers, legal informational-consultative meetings and solved problems, collaboration with local government with the aim of informing citizens and advocacy of problems – second issue of informational bulletin, published by the fund “Sukhumi” tells the readers and beneficiaries about this. The bulletin publicizes the work, done in February in frames of the project “Strengthening of Women’s Rights in Western georgia”.
