At the round table, which was held at the Women Support Center of Tskaltubo on the International Day of IDPs and Refugees, representatives of local government and social welfare agencies acquainted the participants with municipal social programs. Informed IDPs use the state support for their own needs.
A round table was held at the Poti Women Support Center on the International Day of IDPs and Refugees. The purpose of the meeting is to raise awareness of local services and programs. The head of the Mayor's Office for Social and Health Issues Maya Makalatia was invited to talk about municipal programs.
With participation of local self-government there were held round tables of Kutaisi, khoni, Senaki, Poti, and Koki (Zugdidi municipality) WSCs.
During the meetings there were discussed information about international day of women solidarity, gender situation in Georgia, discrimination and violence against women. The conversation touched the results and successful examples of the WSCs work.
A round table was held at the Kutaisi Women Support Center in devoted to the International Day of IDPs and Refugees. Representatives of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, local self-government and the IDP service were invited. They recalled Abkhazia, the problems associated with forced displacement with pain. They talked about programs identified by the budget of the municipality and issues of resettlement of IDPs. The meeting was very active, and the participants received a lot of important information.
In frames of the campaign of 16 active days, women initiative group of Tskaltubo conducted a meeting – round table in Sakrebulo. It was attended by active women, local government, NGO, media.
During the meeting there was a conversation about prevention of facts of domestic violence nad mechanisms of protection of the victim. There was given information about a fact that in the budget of the next year there are envisaged funds for providing victim women with the temporal place of residence and the expenditures for psycho-rehabilitation, which is very important step.
During a campaign there was also held a round table in Kutaisi. Participants spoke about main reasons, which cause violence. there was presentation of short film “Circle of violence”, followed by discussion. Participants of the round table elaborated recommendations, noting that it is necessary to strengthen regulations of the state, uniting of all segments of the society.
