Women Support Centers (530)

Women Support Center these are the branches of the Fund “Sukhumi” in Kutaisi, Tskaltubo, Khoni, Terjola, Senaki, Poti, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), Lanchkhuti, Ozurgeti, created since 2009. The centers are designed to strengthen women, provide social, psychological, legal assistance to women - victims of violence and to crisis families in a difficult life situation. They promote to the protection of women's rights and ensure their socio-psychological rehabilitation.

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Senaki Women Support Center began a small project named: “Parents for the Healthy Generation.” The goal of the project is to inform parents about the topic of non-violent approaches, which contributes to the formation of a healthy generation.

The beneficiaries of the project are the parents of pupils from kindergartens of the villages Bataria and Menji of Senaki municipality.

The meetings were held with the head of the kindergarten of the village Bataria, the village deputy and the representative of the Mayor.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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In frames of a small project of Terjola Women Support Center “Chain of Violence” a short film “Home” was presented. The film is about the urgency of migration. It tells the audience about migrants, who often unknowingly become victims of economic violence. It is planned to held film screenings and discussions with active involvement of young people.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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Group psychological meetings were held at Women Support Centers in Khoni, Senaki, Ozurgeti, Terjola, Khurcha / Koki (Zugdidi Municipality), with 58 beneficiaries, including 17 men. Women Support Centers of Tskaltubo, Khoni and Senaki completed the work with  married couples who were able to overcome a conflict situation in the family, control and cope with negative emotions.

In Kutaisi, 10 beneficiaries continue to receive psychotherapeutic consultation. There were 7 individual consultations.

Individual psychological therapy regarding the problem of one woman has ended. She is very  grateful for the help and support.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

 

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The topic of June mobilization meetings of Women Support Centers is protection of children. The meetings were held with the maximum participation of young people, teachers, parents. They talked about the International Children's Day, the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The meetings took place on the background of active discussions. The topic was interesting and relevant for participants. Beneficiaries were also provided with information on youth projects of municipalities. The needs of youth groups were identified in order to provide local governments with recommendations.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

Managing family conflicts, reducing risks and overcoming crises — meetings with crisis families were held on these issues. These meetings aim at overcoming crisis situations in families and preventing conflicts. In June, individual meetings were held with two families, and a telephone consultation was held with one family. The work was carried out by a psychologist and conflictologist of the Fund "Sukhumi".

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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In frames of the small project of Terjola Women Support Center “The Wheel of Violence” two more activities took place. Representatives of different generations gathered at the round table. The main issue was the actual topic: "Love, violence, suicide." The participants of the meeting spoke about the problem with pain: teenagers, teachers, father, journalist, representatives of governmental structures. Not only the assessment of reality, but also the search for a way out of the situation, prevention, raising public awareness - this was the main goal.

The second activity also took place - training for members of the Women's Club, created in frames of the project on the topic: “Domestic violence, its forms and national referral mechanisms”. The club is going to actively work on the problem, so this training was especially important for its members.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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A round table was held in Sakrebulo of Tskaltubo municipality, at which the results of the small project of the Women Support Center were summarized. The meeting was attended by school directors, pupils, members of the Gender Equality Council of Local Self-Government. Participants talked about domestic violence, bullying, early marriage and gender equality. They also discussed the issue of adapting the educational environment, the practice of gender-objective education and teaching materials. It was noted that as a result of the project implementation in schools, the level of informing young people, parents and pedagogical staff on these issues has increased.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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Women Support Centers organized group and individual meetings of the lawyer of the Fund “Sukhumi” in Khoni (June 3), Ozurgeti (June 4), Tskaltubo (June 5), Terjola (June 11) and the village Nosiri (Senaki municipality - June 10). The topic of the meeting with beneficiaries is traditional – domestic violence and preventive mechanisms. The issues were raised and the meeting participants received the answers regarding their concrete problem.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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An interesting activity took place in frames of the small project of Senaki Women Support Center - it was a chess tournament organized by members of Initiative Groups of the viullage Teklati and Nosiri. In May, the tournament was held in school of the village Teklati, and this time at the school of the village Nosiri. At the end of the tournament the winners were awarded with prizes.

The goal of sports activity is to promote a healthy lifestyle that contributes to the prevention of violence.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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Three events were held as part of a small project of Poti Women Support Center - training and performances of the shadow theater.

Equality, violence, violence against children, preventive mechanisms - these and other issues were discussed by the participants (directors, teachers, pupils) of the training, which was held in kindergarten №1.

The presentation of the performance of shadow theater “Turnip” was held in the kindergartens №1 and №2. The play teaches kids equality, harmonious relations, friendship, and victory by common forces ...

According to the participants, all three activities were useful and productive.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

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