Problems, advocacy of which is possible at the local level –– these issues were discussed at a meeting organized by the Women Initiative Group. Representatives of Orsantia (Zugdidi municipality) participated in it, and the project moderator joined online.

According to the participants, civil society should be activated even more in order to deliver the problems of the community to local self-government, in order to make it possible to advocate and solve them.

Number of problems has been solved as a result of the activities of Women Initiative Group in the village Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality). After the coronavirus pandemic, new problems arose that made the population uncomfortable.

During an online meeting, participants discussed individual and collective problems, and the ways of their solution. The initiative group will try to advocate the problems in cooperation with local government.

The issue of land registration and prices associated with it; individual problems caused by job loss; close people who stayed on the territory of Gali region, and cannot receive pensions – during an online meeting these and other issues were emotionally discussed by women, living in the village Shamgona (Zugdidi municipality). They try to advocate these problems.

During the online meeting with women in the village Kakhati (Zugdidi municipality), the advocacy plan that would address priority issues was discussed.

“We women have become very inert, always waiting for someone to come and solve our problem.” We ourselves must be active in order to deliver our voice to the government”, the participants noted.

The women's initiative group has already started the advocacy process, which includes community activists.