On July 7, in the air of TV “Rioni there was held  a show, organized by the fund “Sukhumi”, devoted to the work fo Kutaisi Gender Advisory Council (GAC).

Network meeting, as opportunity of gaining experience of GACs of three cities, projects, implemented by Kutaisi GAC, vision of the youth on gender policy and their recommendations, gender needs, revealed as a result of the research, problems and suggestions to the local government – these and other issues were discussed in the studio by the staff of fund “Sukhumi”, members of the GAC and participants of the youth projects.

Work of Senaki Gender Advisory Council regarding establishing gender policy of the municipality, issues, initiated by the GAC in the local budget, prospects of future cooperation with self-government – these were the main issues of the TV Show in “Egrisi”.

Story in the beginning of the program showed evaluation of the GAC work by the local government and the issues, for solution of which the GAC closely cooperates with local government.

It was mentioned that local government supported the initiative of Senaki GAC and the budget envisaged single assistance for the violence victim.

According to the government, the results achieved have shown that such a work should be deployed in the villages, and in all the communities must have gender councils, which will be at the forefront of local social policy.

During the dialogue in the studio "Egrisi" GAC members spoke about the work carried out in collaboration with local government and identified issues where the efforts of the GAC will be directed.

TV program, past in the air of TV "Guria" covers various aspects of Ozurgeti Gender Advisory Council, a new perspective of the work with youth; identification of citizens needs and their advocacy and lobbying events; the most important thing - one of the visual results of the GAC: GAC member Nia Mekvabishvili was appointed as an assistant of the attorney (head of municipality administration) on gender issues. In future It will strengthen the capabilities of the GAC.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

In May the newspaper “Guria News” published an article about the company of recycling the lead. Newspapers "Guriis Moambe", "Guria News", "Alioni" made information about the discharge of inert materials from the river Bzhuzhi. These problems cause a danger for the population. It was recorded in the report of a lawyer of Ozurgeti Gender Advisory Council (GAC), it was noted at the meeting of GAC.

The work carried out in Ozurgeti is actively supported by the journalists and they are involved in solving urgent problems. It was discussed at the traditional informational meeting with journalists, which was held in Gender media center.

The program tells about the project of Senaki Gender Advisory Council (GAC) "Prevention of domestic violence in Senaki municipality", which is funded by the Fund "Sukhumi" and the local government. The project is implemented in the villages of Senaki municipality and it includes members of the GAC. According to them, workshops conducted with different groups of society are very important for the promotion of gender education and reduction of domestic violence.

Respondents of the program touched a research conducted by the Gender Advisory Council of Senaki, talked about his goals, obtained results, there were identified issues that were mentioned as vital by the women, youth, persons with disabilities and other civic groups. They expressed the hope that the recommendations received after the analysis of the study will be taken into account in the budget of self-government of Senaki and the basis for this is  the experience of previous years.