According to the participants, listening to successful women and peace initiatives will contribute to the activation of women and promotion of peace issues. What can young people do to establish a culture of peace in their municipalities - the members of Tskaltubo and Senaki youth groups talked about these issue. The meetings in both places were held on the background of discussion, exchange of interesting ideas and discussions about future plans.
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The members of women initiative groups of Khoni municipality and Kutaisi discussed the activities developed by the strategy of "Resolution 1325" and noted the necessity and importance of women's involvement. Then they planned events to be held within the framework of the 16-day international campaign. As for the members of Khoni youth group, they actively work to implement the activities developed at the civil forum and play an important role in introducing the culture of peace and restoring trust. For the members of Kutaisi Youth Initiative Group, the training conducted by the representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi" on the topic: "Women and youth in the peace movement, promoting the implementation of UN Resolution 1325 and 2250" was particularly interesting.
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The members of the Women Initiative Group of the village Pakhulani – Tsalenjikha municipality held a meeting. They informed each other about the importance of peace initiatives for the women living in the villages of the conflict dividing line. The members of the group have already created a peace strategy and the work will continue according to this strategy. "We feel the value of peace the most, because there is a dividing border in front of us. We must work for peace, it is important. This was the general mood of the group members. In the second part of the meeting, the participants discussed the plan of the 16-day campaign against gender-based violence. Pakhulani women group will join the global protest against violence with various activities.
Women’s involvement and role of in the peace process, 16-day international campaign against gender –based violence and planned activities - Women Initiative Group of the village Koki – Zugdidi municipality held a meeting on these topics. The activities, developed under the strategy of resolution 1325 were discussed at the meeting. The women initiative group of the village Koki joins the campaign and plans to hold its own activity. Koki young initiative group is also going to plan the events within the campaign.
This was one of the issues they discussed at the meeting. They also discussed the role of youth in peacekeeping, strengthening the social unity and preventing conflicts. It was noted that the youth resource and volunteer activities will contribute to the introduction of the culture of peace and its promotion in the next generation. The members of the youth initiative group of the village Koki discussed the plan of peace activities developed with the involvement of young people.
During the meeting held with the women initiative group of the village Didinedzi – Zugdidi municipality, the participants discussed the activities that were developed under the strategy of Resolution 1325. Special emphasis was placed on the involvement of women in peace activities. The second part of the interesting and informative meeting was devoted to the discussion of the plan of the international 16-day campaign against gender-based violence. It is important that Didinedzi women initiative group will join the 16-day campaign with its own activities. At the meeting held with the youth initiative group of the village Didinedzi, the participants discussed the issues of peacekeeping, strengthening the social unity and preventing conflicts. Group members discussed the role and involvement of youth in peace activities.
Hello, I am Eleonora Kukava, a volunteer of the Fund "Sukhumi" and I would like to tell you about my "success formula".
I want to share with you the emotions and impressions that directly connect me with this project and the Fund "Sukhumi". First of all, which is very important, I would like to thank my trainers for giving me the opportunity to get information on very interesting issues. This project was a kind of challenge for me, which I think I successfully completed. I gained experience in writing projects and I was given the opportunity to implement a project written by our initiative group with the title: "A healthy lifestyle is our choice."
I participated in various activities, group work, attended trainings on various topics: "How to eliminate conflict," "Stereotypes and tolerance" and others, which I think turned out to be quite fruitful and successful. In the course of the trainings, we were visited by the "Forum Theater" of the Fund “Sukhumi”. In addition, we attended a civil forum in Kutaisi on the topic: "Promotion of peacebuilding by women and youth - to establish sustainable peace and security."
"Women's participation in public and political life and economic activity - existing barriers and opportunities" - this is the title of the report of the consolidated data of the research conducted by the Women Fund "Sukhumi" in six target municipalities.
The aim of the research was to study the attitudes of various society groups towards women’s participation in political and public life and economic activities. The attention was focused on views and stereotypes prevailing in society about women’s role, as well as on the barriers and facilitating factors.
The publication was prepared in the framework of the project: “Bridging the Gap: People to People -Initiatives for Conflict Resolution”.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
On September 24-28, training for the young project participants on the importance and experience of establishing a youth forum-theatre was held in Istanbul.
Youth clubs from different regions and communities were actively involved in the working process. The participants gained knowledge about the founders of the Forum-theater, their role and importance in understanding current life problems and finding their solutions. The various exercises and tasks offered by the trainers made the training more creative, interesting and fun. The participants were able to independently prepare scenarios and stage small scenes. Young people acquired new knowledge, skills, experience, got acquainted with each other better, drafted future plans to introduce Forum- Theater in their clubs.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
I joined the Youth Initiative Group created by the Fund "Sukhumi" almost a year ago and I learned a lot during this not so long time.
Different activities, information meetings and trainings were very informative for me. I think that the Fund “Sukhumi” will make a great contribution in relations between Georgian and Abkhazian peers. Each of our trainers and leaders do their best for our development. Once again, I would like to thank each member of the Fund "Sukhumi" for the knowledge and experience I gained while working with them.
Some of the participants attended the training for the first time and really liked this form of teaching. The experienced ones were were more actively involved in work.
Why the conflict analysis is needed? How to manage conflict? The teenagers talked about these and many other issues with the trainer.
The training was held for Senaki Youth Initiative Group. Various methods - discussion, game, group work, presentations - made the training process fun and interesting.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID