The project "Promoting non-violent conflict resolution among youth through training in western Georgia" was completed. The project included young people from 8 region of Georgia (Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi, Ozurgeti, Batumi). They passed training on conflictology and also mastered the coaching skills. And then they themselves held two workshops for young people in their regions.
On February 23, an evaluation workshop was held at Fund Sukhumi. Young coaches made presentations, shared their experience. During the group work, they recorded what they reached, what was difficult, and what challenges they faced.
Young people gave their ideas and initiatives in the strategy for the future. They are ready to develop their coaching skills even more.
The project is implemented with the support of Canada Fund
for local Initiatives (CFLI) – Canada Embassy in Turkey
In February, two more meetings with boys were held. Together with the adolescents who gathered at schools No. 1 in Lanchkhuti and Senaki, the types of violence and ways to eradicate it were considered. The participants of the meetings showed special activity, recorded their opinions on the solution of the problem of domestic violence. A certain part of the meetings was devoted to group work.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
The first three meetings of March were held in new audiences. The Fund “Sukhumi” first met with students in public schools in the village of Tskhemliskhidi (Ozurgeti Municipality), No. 2 in Kutaisi and in the village Tskhunkuri (Tskhaltubo Municipality). In the beginning there was an introduction, information about the Fund "Sukhumi" and the work of the Youth Clubs.
March - the month of women's solidarity and information meetings were devoted to this topic. Participants of the meetings talked about the rights of women, about stereotypes. They really liked the topic "Successful Women", in which biographies of famous women were presented.
At the end of the meetings, these schools have formed Youth Clubs, which will actively join the Network of existing clubs.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Workshops with youth groups were held in Ozurgeti, in the historical school of the village of Tskhemliskhidi. The participants immediately noted that they had worked on the topic of conflicts before, were involved in various projects, so they are looking forward to continuing the discussion on this issue with interest.
The Fund "Sukhumi" first came to school in the village of Tskhunturi of Tskhaltubo municipality. At the meeting with the young people, the school director also attended, who noted that he welcomed the work of the non-governmental sector in the prevention of violence.
At all three workshops participants discussed how important negotiations are in the management of conflicts, which means facilitation, mediation, which should be a third party. Young people plan, use the information they received in practice, develop skills necessary for the facilitation, and not allow conflicts to develop.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
At regular meetings, the boys discussed gender issues. Work achieves the main goal - the boys each time better understand their role in solving problems related to gender inequality and violence.
The first meetings of the month were held in the municipalities of Kutaisi, Ozurgeti and Tskhaltubo. Young participants showed special activity. This gave the meetings an interesting and pleasant format.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
- I liked the workshop, it was a lot of new things. Such meetings are needed and useful -this was the assessment of the participants in school No2 in Senaki. In their opinion, it is important to know when the inclusion of a third party is necessary, and what results can be received.
Young people gathered in the Youth Center of Terjola, recorded that they received interesting information on the topics of negotiations and mediation.
In school of the village Ganmukhuri (Zugdidi municipality), the activities of the Fund “Sukhumi” are not new. In parallel to receiving information, the participants discussed specific initiatives. There was an idea, to create a group of mediators at school, which will try to solve conflict situations.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
Fund “Sukhumi” systematically monitors and studies the situation of IDP and conflict affected women and girls living close to the conflict dividing line with Abkhazia and other locations with law degree of security and high risk of violence occurrence. To assess the situation of the population, we developed and launched Gender Responsive Early Warning System (GREWS), which is complex mechanism of gender sensitive conflict analysis. The study was conducted in September-December, 2020 and covered 11 target municipalities of Fund «Sukhumi» - Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Terjola, Khoni, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi (Koki, Khurcha, Shamgona, Kakhati), Tsalenjikha (Pakhulani, Tskoushi), Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti, Kobuleti and the villages adjacent to the conflict dividing line in the Gali district (Nayui96evi and Saberio).
The new publication: „The Gender Dimension of the COVID-19 Crisis: Assessing the Efficiency of Pandemic Response” provides detailed information about the impact of pandemic on the human security of women and girls living in the target regions of Fund “Sukhumi” and describes population’s attitude towards the efficiency of the central and local authorities’ response to the pandemic.
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna,
women’s Foundation (Sweden)
The Fund "Sukhumi" presents a new monitoring report - "Municipal Programs on Domestic Violence against Women and Gender Budget". Within the frames of the monitoring, the municipal programs related to support services for victims of domestic violence in the local government's 2020 budgets and gender equality policies in 12 municipalities were studied and analyzed. The identified challenges and developed recommendations are reflected in the report for the attention of the local, regional and the national governments.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
“From teachers I often hear the following phrase: “Girls should not behave like that”, but immediately, the pupil gave the answer: “The behavior has no gender”- these are the words of one school director, given in the publication.
The new publication of the Fund "Sukhumi" analyzes the results of the research, which covered 11 municipalities of Western Georgia (school directors and teachers, representatives of resource centers, NGOs, education and gender experts, parents, former students). The legislative framework was also analyzed, reports and ressearches of local and international organizations on these issues were used.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Fund "Sukhumi"' has published its new monitoring Report - „Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence, Situation of Women Victims and the Access to the Support Services“. The Report reflects the major problems and challenges faced by women and girls living within Fund "Sukhumi""s eleven target municipalities in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.
The results of the Monitoring have clearly proved that Pandemic has significantly aggravated women’s situations. It has not only worsen the already dire condition of women victims of domestic violence but also has revealed the potential abusers. The situation of women who had been able to escape from the abusers and leave the violent environment in the past, has been also considerably deteriorated due to COVID-19.
The existing challenges require timely response and proactive actions by the government, especially in the regions, with active cooperation and involvement of the relevant civil society organizations. The report provides specific recommendations on appropriate response to mitigate the negative effects.
Report is published in two languages - Georgian and English.
