The Women Fund "Sukhumi" has been actively holding meetings in the municipalities in a round table format for years, with the involvement of referral entities provided by the Law on Violence, in order to facilitate the introduction of a coordination system between agencies at the local level.
The meetings highlighted the need to establish an interagency commission on the local level. Active work has started in the target municipalities to implement this initiative. Three working meetings were held with the representatives of Bagdati, Senaki and Chokhatauri municipalities. The meetings were attended by the Deputy Mayors, the heads of the legal, youth, social and health departments of the City Hall, the coordinators of the children's department, the persons responsible for gender.
Women Support Centers actively respond to all actual events. Women expressed protest against the war in Ukraine. Silent actions were held in all ten municipalities (Terjola, Bagdati, Vani, Tkibuli, Samtredia, Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Senaki, Kobuleti, Chokhatauri).
Solidarity for Peace! Solidarity for the better future for our children! Peace to Ukraine! – these were the peaceful messages of the women.
Representatives of the Women Support Centers also took part in the silent action of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”, which was held on March 8 in Kutaisi.
"Access to Women / Domestic Violence Victims Assistance Services at the Local Level" - a conference on this topic was held with the involvement of teachers, NGOs, and service providers.
About 80 invited participants from fifteen municipalities heard about the importance of a project funded by the Canada Gender Equality Fund that aims to empower victims of violence, raise e-literacy and impact on public awareness.
The rehabilitation center of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" deserved high evaluation from the audience, which has already hosted dozens of beneficiaries and positively changed their future.
The topic of solidarity was discussed at the information meetings held by the Women Support Centers,
- Of course, we are worried about the war in Ukraine. Solidarity means compassion, support, help. We are in solidarity with the Ukrainian people – noted the participants.
The meetings highlighted the examples of women's solidarity. They remembered the history of March 8, women's movements in Georgia.
The meetings in the Women Support Centers of Tsalenjikha, Senaki, Terjola, Tkibuli and Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality) were attended by women of different ages and professions. Their position is as follows: we, women, especially feel the cruelty of war. We all want peace and express solidarity.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The beneficiaries of the rehabilitation center of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" were congratulated on Mother's Day by Kutaisi branch of McDonald's Georgia.
Gifts, entertainment, the colorful world of McDonald's, memorable photos - it was a joyful holiday for children together with their mothers, which will be the most beautiful memory for them.
The Women Fund "Sukhumi" has a solid history of charity. Several acts of kindness were carried out together with Kutaisi branch of McDonald's Georgia, and this has become a tradition.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
This photo was taken on the Saberio-Pakhulani dividing line as a sign of solidarity to Ukraine.
This symbolic action was carried out by the participants of the training. Pakhulani Day Rehabilitation Center (Tsalenjikha Municipality) has successfully completed cutting and sewing courses. With the support of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”, women acquired the necessary knowledge and skills. The first graduates took part in a two-day training, which discussed the issues of business planning and writing business projects. The authors of the best business ideas, will be awarded with issue small grants by the organization, so that women can start their own business.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
- I am 33. I have never felt so happy and comfortable in my life, day by day the weight of the bricks is removed from my shoulders, it is already easier to breathe, - said one of the beneficiaries of the rehabilitation center of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”.
Now there are 8 people in the center - women and children from different regions of Western Georgia.
These are families living below the poverty line. All of them are the victims of domestic violence and have gone through suffer and trauma. Our center has all conditions for a peaceful stay. A social worker, a lawyer and a psychologist work with them. Women and their children pass complex daily intensive psycho-rehabilitation therapy. All this helps them to relieve stress, become stronger, think about the prospects for the
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
From the diary of the psychologist of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" - Manana Gotsiridze:
Kh. 28 years old: “After the divorce, life stopped for me. Everything was gray, dull, meaningless. I often thought why to live after such a shame. My mother was crying with me, my mother’s friend found us in such condition and advised me to address the psychologist of the Fund “Sukhumi” for help. For almost eight months I learned to look at the world in a new way. I don’t know how to express my gratitude not only for returning a smile on my face, but also for the light in my mother’s eyes. We are happy".
The psychologist has many such stories. These are the results of consecutive, long-term work, which was intensively carried out in February:
Free legal consultations, assistance in preparing documents - this service is very important for the beneficiaries of 10 municipalities, where the Women Fund "Sukhumi" operates in the framework of the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia".
In February, Women Support Centers of Terjola, Tkibuli, Tsalenjikha and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality) organized group online meetings of women with a lawyer. The beneficiaries of Kobuleti and Chokhatauri Women Support Centers were given individual legal consultations.
38 beneficiaries at the age of 25 - 68 attended the meetings. Such meetings are very useful for them, as they solve their problems.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
