On December 26, the Fund "Sukhumi" summarized the activities carried out during a year in frames of the project "Strengthening the Women’s Rights in Western Georgia". The project director, coordinator, assistant and mobilizers of nine Women Support Centers talked about the activities of 2018, the results, changes and future prospects...
The meeting with the working group was held in Tskaltubo municipality. The group was created for localization of National Action Plan National Action Plan of UN Resolution 1325. The meeting reviewed the “Road Map” developed by the group - changes were made in order to improve it.
The meeting was held in frames of the project “Strengthening the capacity of regional and local administrations in processes of localization of the National Action Plan of 1325 Resolution The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.
The project is being implemented by the Coalition Union - the Association of Women IDPs “Consent” (Tbilisi), the Women's Information Center (Tbilisi) and the Culture and Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” (Kutaisi).
The meeting with the working group was held in the conference hall of Zugdidi municipality City Hall. There was held a discussion about the working version of the Road Map developed by the group. The group enriched the map with additional directions, taking into account the needs revealed during meetings with the beneficiaries.
The working version of the Roadmap will be reviewed at Sakrebulo meeting on December 28.
The meeting was held in frames of the project “Strengthening the capacity of regional and local administrations in processes of localization of the National Action Plan of 1325 Resolution The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.
The project is being implemented by the Coalition Union - the Association of Women IDPs “Consent” (Tbilisi), the Women's Information Center (Tbilisi) and the Culture and Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” (Kutaisi).
The meeting with people living near te conflict dividing line was held in the village Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality). The meeting was attended by residents of different villages: Koki, Khurcha, Orsantia, Kakhati, Didi Nedzi - including IDPs.
The meeting was noticiable with its active participants. A working group has been formed in Zugdidi municipality to localize 1325 UN Resolution. The group members familiarized the participants with the working version of the “Roadmap”. Several problems were identified which will be considered at the meeting of the working group.
The meeting was held in frames of the project “Strengthening the capacity of regional and local administrations in processes of localization of the National Action Plan of Resolution 1325 of The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.
The project is being implemented by the Coalition Union - the Association of Women IDPs “Consent” (Tbilisi), the Women's Information Center (Tbilisi) and the Culture and Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” (Kutaisi).
The meeting with the working group was held in Tskaltubo municipality. The group was created for localization of National Action Plan National Action Plan of UN Resolution 1325. The meeting reviewed the “Road Map” developed by the group - changes were made in order to improve it.
The meeting was held in frames of the project “Strengthening the capacity of regional and local administrations in processes of localization of the National Action Plan of 1325 Resolution The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.
The project is being implemented by the Coalition Union - the Association of Women IDPs “Consent” (Tbilisi), the Women's Information Center (Tbilisi) and the Culture and Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” (Kutaisi).
The Fund "Sukhumi" organized a meeting of a working group in Tsalenjikha municipality on the localization of the National Action Plan for the implementation of Resolution 1325 of the UN Security Council. The group members reviewed the Roadmap project they had developed and identified a number of priority issues, advocacy of which had already begun.
The focus of the meeting was made on the Municipal Action Plan for Gender Equality, since special importance is attached to its harmonization with the Road Map.
Together with the leaders of the municipality, the working group considered the issue of advancing important topics for the implementation of gender policy. The conversation touched on the allocation of budgetary funds, directing local resources to the needs of citizens and ensuring their inclusion. Meetings with different target groups were planned to identify their needs. This will contribute to the active inclusion of the municipality in the localization of Resolution 1325 “on women, peace and security”.
The meeting was held in frames of the project “Strengthening the capacity of regional and local administrations in processes of localization of the National Action Plan 1325 Resolution The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.
The project is being implemented by the Coalition Union - the Association of Women IDPs “Consent” (Tbilisi), the Women's Information Center (Tbilisi) and the Culture and Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” (Kutaisi).
The project “Step by Step – We Will Build Peace without Violence” was completed with an exhibition-competition of paintings on the topic of peace at public school No. 6 named after Zjiuli Shartava of Abkhazian Autonomous Republic (Kutaisi).
The competition was attended by students of almost all classes of the school. Some of them prepared several paintings.
The participants were divided into three categories: the first-third, the fourth-seventh, the eighth-eleventh grades. owners of the first, second and third places out of three groups were awarded certificates and gifts. Symbolic gifts were given to those project participants who conducted lessons with pupils of different classes.
In December, in frames of the monitoring of “Law on elimination of domestic violence/violence against women”, an in-depth interview was held with the investigator of Kutaisi City Court and the prosecutor of Kutaisi District Prosecutor’s office. Information was also requested from the victim status identification group and the work of the legal bureau in terms of inclusion in the issues of domestic violence. The monitoring revealed issues that require further improvement.
The representatives of the prosecutor’s bureau and the legal bureau expressed an initiative, to carry out work on the prevention of violence against women / domestic violence jointly with the Fund “Sukhumi”.
The Chairperson of Fund “Sukhumi” Mrs. Alla Gamakharia took part in the 10th Annual Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) Leading the Way Towards a Democratic European Future, held on 10-12 December 2018. Fund “Sukhumi” is a delegate of the EaP CSF. The event was organized in Parliament of Georgia and in Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi.
The Annual Assembly focused on how to proactively address the evolving political situation in the Eastern Partnership countries and in the EU. Representatives of the CSOs in the region elaborated on how they can contribute to furthering sustainable democratic development and how civil society can engage with citizens as a whole to counter the authoritarian backlash evident in parts of the European continent.
Participants of the Assembly voted for the new EaP CSF Code of Conduct and elected the arbitration body.
The international campaign of “16 active days against gender-based violence” was completed. The Fund “Sukhumi” is included in it annually. This year the slogan of the campaign was: “Stop violence in the world of work!”
In frames of the campaign, from November 25 to December 10, more than 100 activities were held with the inclusion of 1500 people in 9 municipalities.
The campaign started with a Facebook action. Then it was followed by: informational meetings with women, local governments, young people, teachers, psychological and legal consultations, sport tournaments, trainings for medical personnel. There were presentations of the Fund "Sukhumi" forum-theater. The informational leaflets and psychological advice to women were printed and distributed.
All activities are posted on the Facebook page of the Fund "Sukhumi".
https://www.facebook.com/fsokhumi/