Tskaltubo Women Initiative Group held a regular informational meeting. The participants discussed the reasons of conflicts in society. They also talked about the extent to which these problems affect women, and what needs to be done to solve them at an early stage.

When considering gender problems, it was noted that social and infrastructural problems for women create great discomfort. Therefore, their solution will improve their security, and reduce the risk of developing conflicts.

Members of the Women Initiative Group of the Fund "Sukhumi" gathered in the village Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality). The group identified two problems with the risks of conflict development.

Participants discussed how to solve these problems in order to reduce risks. They noted:

- Local government should become a participant in these processes. We need to talk about the problems in the respective structures in order to find ways to solve them.

An information meeting with representatives of various communities was held in the Fund "Sukhumi". Representatives of local authorities were invited. The participants got acquainted with the information about the programs of municipal infrastructure.

Participants discussed three issues that contain the risk of conflict, and are gender-sensitive.

In the process of reviewing the problems, representatives of the state structures were actively involved, and ways of problem solution were identified.

Members of Kutaisi Women Initiative Group will continue to cooperate with the authorities to solve the problems, and this is very important for the early prevention of conflicts.

The representative of the Swedish Women's Fund Kvinna till Kvinna in Georgia Etuna Nogaideli attended the meeting.

Members of the Women Initiative Group of Tskaltubo held an informational meeting on the topic of early conflict prevention. The meeting was attended by women from different communities of the society.

- What type of problems are actual, whether these problems contain risks for the development of conflicts, who reacts to them and how, whom they address to solve specific problems - the meeting participants mainly focused on these issues.

An initiative group will analyze the problems that may cause the development of conflict, a plan will be developed for their solution at an early stage.

“Lack of information is one of the factors that contributes to the development of conflicts in society,” – note the members of Tskaltubo Women Initiative Group.

According to them the group should intensify work in this direction in future. Citizens should have competent information about municipal programs, in order to be able to solve problems existing in the infrastructural, social and economical spheres and resolve conflicts at an early stage.

Members of Kutaisi Women Initiative Group have elaborated the strategy for the future: how the initiative group should work, what problems are relevant in society, what should be done to prevent conflict situations.

While working on the problems, it was highlighted that problems existing in the socio-economic sphere often cause the development of conflicts in society, however, the main problem is the lack of information among the population on the early resolution of conflicts.

In Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality), members of the Women Initiative Group gathered and analyzed: what problems are revealed in communities during identification of conflict situations, what are the interfering factors, how the work with risks is carried out. The main problems that are particularly relevant in their community and contain the dangers of conflict development were highlighted. The opinions expressed at the meeting will be reflected in the strategy for the future.

Members of Kutaisi Women Initiative Group summed up the 6-month work. We discussed how effective is conflict prevention from a gender perspective, which is the meaning of meeting the women in different communities, identifying and advocating their problems.

The opening of the stadium for children in the auto factory settlement has already fallen into the list of solved and completed problems. This problem created conflict situations in the settlement.

In parallel, the group is working on identifying new issues. Starting from the next year, it is planned to expand cooperation with local government.

Fund “Sukhumi” organized a round table in Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality) on the topic: “Early prevention of conflicts from a gender perspective”. The meeting was attended by the members of the Women Initiative Groups of the Fund "Sukhumi” in Kutaisi, Tskaltubo and Khurcha, representatives of local government, majoritarian candidates, journalists, civil activists of Kakhati, Orsantia, Didi Nedzi, Koki.

Invited experts talked about municipal and social programs. The participants listened to the information on the work of the Women Initiative Groups of Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, and Khurcha on the early prevention of conflicts: how problems are identified, how the advocacy is carried out, what are the results.

During the discussion, topical problems were identified, which  create conflict situations in individual communities.

According to the participants, such meetings contribute to informing the population, increase the involvement of citizens in the advocacy process and reduce the risk of conflicts in society.

Members of Tskaltubo Women Initiative Group began the next meeting with an assessment of the activities carried out in frames of the campaign against gender based violence. It was noted that, in comparison with the previous years, public awareness about violence against women has increased. Responsibility of local self-government has increased, which is expressed by their active involvement in the campaign.

In the next part of the meeting, the moderator said what problems were shown during meetings with the public. The group members discussed how these problems contain risk in terms of conflict development.