Elguja Deisadze the Associate Professor of Kutaisi University conducted a training on business issues for the graduates of the Day Rehabilitation Center of the Women Fund "Sukhumi". The participants got a chance to find their own business, set goals correctly and take part in the competition of business projects. The winners of the competition will receive small grants and will be able to engage in economic activities.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Professional courses were successfully completed in Bagdati Day Rehabilitation Center. Then the Women Fund "Sukhumi" organized a training for the beneficiaries. Highly qualified trainer, Associate Professor of Kutaisi University Elguja Deisadze introduced the participants to the specifics of writing business projects. At the next stage, a competition will be held, and the authors of the best projects will receive small grants. All this will help women to successfully create an independent career.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

An informational meeting was held with both Women Initiative Groups of Khoni. The participants got acquainted with information about the human security component and quantitative research. Questionnaires were also distributed. Another meeting was held with the members of Khoni youth group. The participants heard information about the components of human security, the topic was very interesting for young people. During the meeting, it was revealed that environmental issues, the number of immigrants, health issues, low quality of education, fear of job loss, unemployment and increased aggression in society are the issues that concern the young people.

 A meeting related to the research - "study of the quality of human security, envisaging gender needs" was held with the Women Initiative Group of the village Didinedzi - Zugdidi municipality. It is important for the warming of relations. The women spoke about the activities they carried out, it was noted that the project is important for the improvement of Georgian-Abkhazian relations. The meeting was attended by Giorgi Khechinashvili, Senior Advisor of Youth Programs of the USAID. The meeting was also held with the youth initiative group of the village Didinedzi. The young people plan to form a forum-theatre, write scenarios and stage a performance. The senior advisor of the USAID youth programs also attended the meeting with the youth group. Giorgi Khechinashvili praised the young people for their activity.

Teachers, parents, members of the Gender Equality Council took part in the information meetings held in the schools of Tkibuli and Senaki municipalities.

The topic of conversation was the importance of society's participation in elimination of the problem of violence against women. In this process, a certain role is assigned to the website of the Women Fund “Sukhumi” - "Digital Resource Center of Services for Violence Victims" https://sosfsokhumi.ge/Here you can find a lot of information that will help to determine ways of violence prevention or ways to respond to it. Participants noted how important the activity of each member of society is for problem solution.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

The addressee of these messages is Sophia Tsirghvava, an employee of the Women Fund "Sukhumi", who works with Ukrainians. Words of gratitude are written in the common chat. In this chat, Sophia gives them all the information they need (for example, about a vacancy, or about UNICEF assistance for children)...

The assistance of our organization is very important for every person who has been brought to Georgia by a disaster.

Our support is:

Assistance with food and hygiene products - in January, 45 families received such packages.

Utility costs – were paid for 9 families.

Housing rent – 13 families received assistance.

The problem of violence against women and the importance of public participation in its elimination - meetings on this topic were held in Vani and Kobuleti. The meeting in the public school of the village Mtisdziri (Vani municipality) was attended by teachers and upper graders and in the kindergarten No 2 of Kobuleti, the coordinator of the children's rights department of the City Hall and the chairman of the Gender Equality Council, together with the staff.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

On January 17, a meeting with Kutaisi Women Initiative Group was held. The topic of the meeting was: studying the quality of human security, envisaging gender needs. The participants got acquainted with the information about the quantitative research. Questionnaires were also distributed among the group members. The meeting was also held at School No. 6 named after Zhiuli Shartava. The members of Kutaisi Youth Club discussed the six-month action plan and outlined the ideas to be implemented. The meeting was traditionally held with fun activities and team exercises. Several new members joined Kutaisi youth club, who positively evaluated the club activities.

Quantitative research was started in the target municipalities within the framework of the project "Bridging the gaps: People-to-People Initiatives for Conflict Resolution", in frames of which the members of the women initiative group of the village Pakhulani the Tsalenjikha municipality were involved. The topic of the research is "Assessment of the quality of human security and gender needs of the population".

Since January, the members of the initiative group have been involved in the research process, which aims to assess the quality of human security from a gender perspective. At the first stage, 150 people will be interviewed through online questionnaires. During the meeting with the group members in Senaki, the participants heard information about the components of human security, learned about the main goals and objectives of the research, as well as the technical aspects of conducting the survey. The received information will help to conduct the survey process successfully. Along with the women's group, members of the youth group also participate in the survey process.