The round table discussions organized by the Women Fund "Sukhumi" continue. This time the meeting was held with participation of the administration of Guria-Adjara State Attorney and local self-government officials. The central government was represented by the Deputy Head of the Human Rights Secretariat of the Government of Georgia - Eliso Shonia.

The participants of the meeting received the information about the experience of the Fund "Sukhumi" in the implementation of gender-oriented policy in local self-government - an expert in cooperation with local self-government - Ema Kamkia was the speaker. She focused on key achievements, challenges that still exist, and possible ways to respond to them.

Researcher - Nino Korinteli presented the findings and recommendations reflected in new monitoring report of the Fund "Sukhumi" - "Development of Child Care Services - to Promote Women's Employment and Ensure Effective Prevention and Response to Domestic Violence”.

Today, the stigma of those infected with Covid-19 is a new form of pandemic-induced violence. These people are all around us and many of them are living in difficult conditions. The Tbilisi office of the Fund "Sukhumi" prepared a social video on this painful issue.

Get rid of stigma!

Show compassion!

They Beat the Virus!

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Within the framework of the campaign of 16 active days, the Women Fund "Sukhumi" together with Tbilisi office organizes a series of round tables in cooperation with the Administration of State Representatives of Imereti, Guria-Adjara, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti regions and with participation of the representatives of local self-governments.

We firmly believe that similar information-sharing meetings are very important to facilitate cooperation, exchange of information, and coordination between the national and local levels.

The current meeting was held in cooperation with Imereti Regional Administration, which was attended by the Head of the Human Rights Secretariat of the Government of Georgia, Maka Peradze, together with the officials on gender issues of Imereti municipalities.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Within 16 active days against gender-based violence, we present a social video prepared by the Women's Fund "Sukhumi" on the topic - what do vulnerable groups of women need the most?

In this video, the respondents individually tell us about their experiences and needs, which is based on the monitoring report - "Development of Child Care Services - to Promote Women's Employment and Ensure Effective Prevention and Response to Domestic Violence" prepared by the Women's Fund "Sukhumi".

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Overcoming stress, calmness, problem solution, hope ... - these and many other issuea are the results of the consulting work of a psychologist and a lawyer of the Fund "Sukhumi".

They conducted 3 online group meetings and individual consultations by regions for the beneficiaries of the Women Support Centers.

The work was carried out with crisis families and 29 beneficiaries continue to receive individual psychotherapy online.

At the same time, active communication is carried out with the beneficiaries of the day rehabilitation center of the Fund "Sukhumi" – this is a psychological therapy that these women need so much...

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The Fund "Sukhumi" joins the International Campaign of "16 active days against gender violence" and our slogan is “Peace at Home and Peace in the World”.

In the framework of the campaign, we plan to hold dozens of activities to attract public attention: informational meetings, psychological and legal advices; round tables with the participation of representatives of local governments and government agencies.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Information meetings continue at the Women Support Centers. In addition to informing citizens, the facts of domestic violence are identified during these meetings and then they are responded.

In November, mobilizers from Kobuleti, Tsalenjikha, Chokhatauri, Tkibuli and Samtredia centers delivered the identified problems to a psychologist and a lawyer for the response.

Women Support Centers also advocate for problems in various communities, and community activists are actively involved in the process.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The monitoring group began to work on an important topic - studying the attitude of the population to the issue of introducing programs for correcting the rapist's behavior at an early stage.

As a result of the research, it will be revealed how important the society considers the program of correcting the rapist's behavior, covering the program of psychological and social assistance to change the behavior of the rapist - so that the violence does not repeat and the safety of the victim is protected. To obtain comprehensive information, focus groups, in-depth interviews and quantitative research will be conducted in 10 municipalities of Western Georgia.

The work of the group is in active phase, the questionnaire process began, 4 focus groups and two interviews were conducted. The first data from a qualitative research shows that such program is important for society.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The trainers of the Fund "Sukhumi" conducted a training for young people living in Chokhatauri, Terjola, Senaki and Tkibuli municipalities on the topic of violence and conflict.

This is part of 6 months active work and the participants also got involved in the process with great interest. There were interesting discussions, open conversations, concrete examples... There are about 80 young people involved in youth centers, they initiate independent activities during the trainings.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)