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 project of Poti Women Support Center “Chain of Violence” is in the active phase. A meeting in the hall of the college “Pazisi” was organized by members of the Women’s Club. Representatives of medical institutions, law enforcement agencies, the gender council and other spheres of society spoke about the reasons of domestic violence and ways to eradicate it. The members of the Women's Club addressed the local self-government with an initiative to include appropriate budgetary resources in strategies and action plans and provide assistance to women victims of domestic violence.
Art Gallery 34 hosted a competition of drawings of the beneficiaries of Poti Day Center. The topic of competition was: “The Family of My Dreams”. The competition showed what does the family of dreams look like for children and how close it is to reality.
TV Company “9th Wave” of Poti prepared the TV story about the meeting in frames of the project: “Chain of Violence”.
In frames of Ozurgeti Women Support Center small project, a group was created to identify and respond to violence. In October, a meeting was held with the members of the group. There was also a meeting with teachers of kindergartens in Ozurgeti with the inclusion of a lawyer and psychologist. They received information on how to identify a child who is a victim of violence, and whom to address for the response.
Members of Tskaltubo youth initiative group held two meetings on gender issues. In irder to better understand the problems, films on violence and bullying were shown, which was followed by active discussion. Participants received information on referral mechanisms and services provided for a victim of violence.
The meetings were held in frames of Women Support Center small project: “Youth Against Gender-Based Violence”.
The short film screening and active discussion was held in frames of small project of Terjola Women Support Center.
There was also a meeting-dialogue with parents with the inclusion of a lawyer, conflict expert and psychologist of the Fund “Sukhumi”. Parents spoke openly about the problems. They expressed a desire to systematically hold such meetings and involve more parents. In addition to general meetings, individual + e consultations were also held.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
In frame of Poti Women Support Center, an informational meeting was held with the directors of the target kindergartens and members of the initiative group. The topics of domestic violence and mechanisms problem response were discussed. Participants noted that it is necessary to promote the implementation of a coordination system between referral subjects - this is very important for the prevention of violence.
Two events were held in frames of a small project of Lanchkhuti Women Support Center.
One activity was held in a kindergarten - with the participation of a lawyer, psychologist and conflict expert of the Fund “Sukhumi”. The participants got acquainted with referral program. They talked about how to identify children who are at risk of violence.
A training was also held in Lanchkhuti, which was attended by representatives of the Mayor in five communities, specialists and a social worker. They received information about identification and response to violence.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
An informational meeting in frames of the small project of Women Support Center “Parents for a Healthy Generation” was held with the teachers and parents of the kindergarten in the village Teklati (Senaki Municipality). The lawyer and psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi" noted that educators should be involved in identifying facts of violence. Information about how tressful situation harms the psychology of child, turned out to be important for parents. The meeting was held in a mode of active dialogue.
“Prevention of Violence and Protection of Violence Victim” - a round table in Ozurgeti was dedicated to this topic.
The meeting aimed at facilitating the coordination of local refereeing mechanisms, and it was attended by the representatives of law enforcement agencies, the Social Service Agency, local government, schools and medical institutions. The participants of the round table exchanged experiences and underlined the need to improve cooperation with each other. The main will be taken by Gender Equality Council – this is a council with great practice. It studies local gender needs, advocates and solves many problems.
From September, a new group of women began working on polymer clay in the Day center of the Fund “Sukhumi”. During the lessons they learn to create different products. The students themselves have already made many interesting compositions from polymer clay. They are pleased with the learning process and their results.
The work is carried out as part of the partnership project of the Polish organization Human Doc Foundation “Reinforcing the Domestic Violence Prevention System, Victims Support and Perpetrators Therapy System” with the support of the development cooperation program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland.
Tskaltubo Women Support Center continues to implement the small project: “Youth Against Gender-Based Violence”. In frames of the project, a youth initiative group was created, the members of the group held two meetings in a format of discussion. They talked about gender and domestic violence, referral mechanisms, services for the victim of violence. There was a film presentation on the topic of violence - so the participants saw the problem better and joined the discussion.