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.
At the psychological consultation meeting in Poti Women's Support Center, 10 beneficiaries from 15 to 68 years were present.
The topic for conversation was - communication without coercion and reproaches or non-violent communication. They talked about the rules of communication without aggression, which is very important for the prevention of violence.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The foundations of family happiness were discussed on this topic during a psychological group information and consultation meeting in Tskaltubo Women Support Center. How and on what to build family happiness - for the prevention of domestic violence. Especially noticeable was, how the women said, that the factors of well-being in the family are a pleasant speech of a woman, unselfishness, mutual responsibility.
The complex of the victim. The meeting discussed this topic. In Kutaisi, 9 collective information-consultative meetings with a psychologist and 4 individual consultations were held in the collective centers of IDPs. There were 63 beneficiaries.
At the meetings, issues related to the victim's condition - reasons, psychosomatics - were considered. It was noted that this state leads to self-destruction. Anyone who feels himself a victim of circumstances releases himself from responsibility for his role in the situation. This is camouflage cover of cowardice, servility and inferiority complex.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Up to forty women were participants of group psychological consultative meetings at Women Support Centers of Senaki, Kutaisi, Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality). They listened with interest to the topic of the conversation - Women's solidarity or unconditional support for women by each other, which is an important factor in the prevention of domestic violence. At the meetings, the question was raised: Is female solidarity true or fictitious? The beneficiaries noted that our society is characterized by anxiety, severe socio-economic conditions that directly affect the weather in the house. When a woman thinks about survival, it pushes her not to solidarity, but to unhealthy competition.
The psychologist gave women effective advice for the manifestation of solidarity and prevention of violence in the family.
On the 3rd and 4th of October, the Women's Support Centers of Tskaltubo and Senaki organized psychological group information and consultation meetings.
Meetings were held on the current topic - victim, victim complex, reasons, psycho-somatics, and how to get rid of - to prevent domestic violence.
The victim complex means that a person has certain personal characteristics, through which he finds himself in the position of the Sacrifice and unconsciously attracts troubles and tyrants. They accuse other people of their misfortunes and do not see their role in them. Often such women sacrifice themselves to children, to their husband, family, parents. At the same time, they put their interests on the last place: "I'll do it somehow," "I do not need anything," "The main thing is that you should be all right"...
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Psychological group and individual meetings were held in the Women Support Centers of Kutaisi, Khurch, Senaki, attended by 36 women at the age of 25-65. The main topic of these meetings were: overcoming and control of negative emotions and stress factors, which is one of the main preventive measures of domestic violence – in order to give the IDP women possibility to create conditions for controlling negative emotions and develop awareness, impact and change negative emotions, with the help of breath examinations and meditation.
In September, 9 group psychological meetings and 3 individual consultations were held in Kutaisi, in places of compact resettlement of IDPs from Abkhazia. The work went on the topic - assertive behavior, communication without coercion or non-violent communication.
Participants got acquainted with assertive rules of communication without aggression, worked on a card of assertive behavior.
Sometimes human tactlessness goes all the limits. It's difficult to protect yourself from questions like: "How much do you earn?", "When will you marry?", "Are not you going to beat your husband's lover?" -, but to learn to keep self-control is in everyone's strength. When you are asked an incorrect question, remember: do not answer it just because someone had the impudence to ask it. The psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi" gave useful advice to the participants of the meetings.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In the Women Support Centres of Kutaisi, Senaki and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality) psychological group consultations were held, which was attended by 36 women aged from 25 to 67. The main topic of these meetings were discussions on solving family crises between parents and children - as the prevention of violence.
Families, respecting children, are the most prosperous. The family must form a physically and mentally healthy person. Psychologists say that people to who the parents are a burden, after the years themselves become a headache for their children. And those who respect and love their parents, live a full life in the circle of beloved children and grandchildren.
Women's Support Centers of Kutaisi, Poti and Khoni organized psychological group consultative meetings on the topic of assertive communication.
On September 8, a meeting was held in the Kutaisi City Library, September 11 - in Poti Women's Support Center, and on 12th the psychologist was received by residents of the village Kukhi (Khoni municipality). The rules of communication without aggression were discussed. Participants worked on a card of assertive behavior.
Will assertive behavior help me in communication? The participants asked.
Psychologist's comment: assertiveness is a person's ability to defend his rights constructively, demonstrating positivity and respect for others, while taking responsibility for his behavior. Assertive communication is when everyone wins.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In IDP comp[act resettlements of Kutaisi, in December there were held 12 group psychological meetings. 70 women participated from 20 to 67. Individual consultations were given to 5 women regarding the problem of tensed relations in family, free of complexes, low self-esteem. The main topic of conversation of group meetings was information about 16 day campaign against violence towards women, as well as how to build a harmonious relationship in the family.