Human threats are perceived differently in the village Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality), which is on the border with Abkhazia. This idea was strengthened at the round table, which was attended by women activists from the villages Koki Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality) and Nayui96evi (Gali Municipality).

The meeting began with a presentation of the research of the fund "Sukhumi", which has been incorporated in a special publication.

Then, participants heard recommendations from from other towns. Women with special emotion were talking about social issues, health issues.

To their opinion, human threats are exacerbated in the villages of the conflict zone, and all parts of society must be mobilized to improve security level.

February 17 was a meeting of the Gender Advisory Council of Kutaisi, which was attended by members of the Club of Women-Voters. They have focused on the problems that have repeatedly been put to the clubs.

For the purpose of advocating these issues the GAC invited Malkhaz Basiladze - head of the commission for Infrastructure, Transport and cleaning. He spoke about the programs that provides Kutaisi local budget. Advocacy plan was scheduled, and members of the GAC will be involved in this process.

The second issue on the agenda was evaluation of the results of the network meeting organized by Fund "Sukhumi" on the part of MP. They noted that at the meeting they received information that implies responsibility and active work of the local self-government against violence.

Khoni is the third city after Kutaisi and Tskaltubo, where the women initiative groups were created. They were chosen from work-shops, conducted on the issue of human security. The participants filled in special blanks, where they fixed motivation, why do they want to be in the initiative group.

In this group there are 6 women with the skills of communication and experience of the work on problems.

The members of initiative group of all three cities will have special training, after which work of problem advocacy will be continued.

Women's initiative groups of Kutaisi, Khoni and Tskhaltubo held informational meetings with the population on the issue of safety of women and inclusive approaches.

During the meetings, there were identified various types of problems, which are dangerous for women and their families. These problems have already been recorded in the action plans, and in cooperation with local structures the process of advocacy will start.

In frames of the project of Khoni WSC “Informed women change the future” there were held 3 meetings in the villages of Khoni municipality – Matkhoji, Nakhakhulevi and Kukhi.

During the meetings the women presented information about a law against domestic violence, arresting and protective orders. Attention was paid to violations of women’s rights. Meeting participants learned about free legal and psychological consultations.

The meeting was followed by active discussion regarding frequent facts of violence against women.

The project of Tskaltubo Women Support Center "Knowledge will overcome the violence" has started

In frames of the project there was held informational meetings in the village of Tskaltubo and information booklets were distributed. These meetings help to inform villagers about the problem of violence against women.