Women Support Centers (530)
Women Support Center these are the branches of the Fund “Sukhumi” in Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Terjola, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti, created since 2009. The centers are designed to strengthen women, provide social, psychological, legal assistance to women - victims of violence and to crisis families in a difficult life situation. They promote to the protection of women's rights and ensure their socio-psychological rehabilitation.
The mobilizers of the Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Poti, Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) identified 11 cases of violence at September information meetings and filled in the questionnaires.
The questionnaires reflect the cases of violence from side of family members against children and women. 4 victims have already addressed a psychologist, and three of them have received a legal advice.
During the meetings with the lawyers of the Fund "Sukhumi" the participants talked about those items of the law, created for the elimination of domestic violence, that reflect their problems. Two individual consultations were held in Kutaisi. Lawyers’ assistance was also needed in Khoni, Senaki, Poti and Ozurgeti. Among them there were married couples who jointly try to find the way out of their problems.
On September 18, the lawyer held a group informational and consultative meeting in Tskaltubo Women Support Center. 13 people received the necessary legal information.
"Don’t be patient, destroy the silence" - this is the name of the small project of Khurcha / Koki Women Support Center. Its aim is to contribute to reducing the facts of domestic violence and violence against women through informing and raising the legal level in the villages of Zugdidi municipality. In frames of the project, information meetings were held with representatives of local self-government and a representative of the Mayor in the village Kakhati, the meetings were also held with the women of the villages Koki and Kakhati on the topic of domestic violence and its reasons.
A small project of Khoni Women Support Center "Youth against violence" entered the active phase. In September, information meetings were held with the head of the legal department of Sakrebulo and the senior specialist of the organizational department (a brief presentation of the project and their support in specific organizational matters).
In frames of one of the projects of the Fund "Sukhumi", the following films on actual issues were shown in the open – air: "Narrow Corridor", "One ordinary Day", "Suitcase", "Armchair", "Steps". Then a discussion took place. Young people and their parents noted that films reflect the reality and it's very important to show them to different groups so that people think about the problems and start looking for a way out.
A workshop was held in IDP community for the group, which will independently conduct discussions in October after the films are shown.
The project is aimed at deepening communication skills to help resolve conflicts.
In frames of the small project of Tskaltubo Women Support Center, meetings were held with representatives of local self-government - with the deputy of Mayor, with rural deputies of Sakrebulo, as well as in the department of social security and health. Representatives of local government got acquainted with the activities of the project. A training was planned in which the representatives of the mayor in the villages, rural doctors, school teachers, teachers and educators of kindergartens will participate. The training will cover following topics: the law against domestic violence, mechanisms of protection, a referral system, etc. The received information and experience will help the participants of the training to actively join the process of violence prevention.
- Management of crisis situations, improvement of relations in couples using individual outline - the psychologist and conflictologist of the Fund "Sukhumi" consulted three couples using this method.
Based on the specifics of the work, communication with couples will continue online from meeting to meeting.
Personal conflicts and mechanisms for their management - this topic was discussed at workshops in Senaki, Kutaisi, Ozurgeti and Lanchkhuti.
The discussions showed that young people can manage emotions, and this is due to internal conflicts. According to them, if you are internally aggressive, it is difficult to communicate with people, and you contribute to the development of conflicts.
According to the participants, in order to reduce the aggression among young people, it is necessary to manage personal conflicts, and this is possible only through informing.
In Senaki, a meeting of a psychologist was held with a married couple regarding a problem of misunderstanding and unrealistic expectations, as well as individual therapy in case of trauma when losing a loved one.
Psychological consultative meetings were held in Poti. The topic of psychological pressure was discussed at the group meeting. Then the psychologist consulted a married couple – they worked on the technique of emotional rights and responsibilities in the relationship. Also there was held an individual meeting-consultation, connected with the problem of depression.
In frames of the project "Harmonious Environment for Children", of Poti Women Support Center an informational meeting was held with the teachers of the kindergarten No16 and parents of kids.in September a training will be held, with discussion of topical issues that contribute to the proper education of children and the creation of a harmonious environment for them.
Within the framework of the small project of Khurchi / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality) Women Support Center, an informational meeting was held in August with a representative of the mayor in the village of Kakhati, also an information meeting with women who live in the villages -Kakhati and Orsantia.
During the meetings there was a discussion about violence against women and domestic violence, about the reasons and consequences. The participants actively discussed the topic and concrete cases.