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.
On July 1 in Tskaltubo, in the collective center "Medea" there was held psychological consultation. The meeting was attended only by women IDPs. The theme was chosen on their own initiative - violence against children and its negative results on the behavior of children and psycho-emotional sphere.
On July 8 and 13 consultations were held in Women's Support Centres of Khoni and Poti. Among the participants there were young and older women, IDPs and local. Subject of consultations - the negative impact of domestic violence on young children and adolescents and prevention of violence against children.
The women listened with great interest the conversation of psychologist, gave examples from their experience. At the end of the meeting, participants expressed their gratitude regarding consultations and noted that the discussed topic and received recommendations for them are required and useful.
Lawyer of the Fund "Sukhumi" met the IDP women living in collective centers of Kutaisi music school. They got an apartment in the property, but they have problems with water, garage, etc.
The participants of the meeting received a recommendation to create a partnership to address a collective statement in Kutaisi City Hall and request assistance in resolving problems. Monitoring on this issue will be continued in the future.
The meeting also gave one individual consultation.
12 psychological group and 2 individual consultation meetings around the city of Kutaisi, in places of compact settlement of IDPs were held in June. There were 78 women from 19 to 68 years, 11 women took part for the first time.
The main topic of conversation - how to build a harmonious relationship with the children and their development from a gender perspective.
Advices and theory, of course is good, but every child needs its own individual approach - these "secrets" were discussed at the meetings.
In June there were held 12 meetings with the lawyer of the fund “Sukhumi” in different collective centers. The participants were provided information about a law on free expression and law on “Internally displaced persons from occupied territories of Georgia”.
There were also given legal consultations for preparation of special statement and receipt of alternative living space.
The psychological consultations in WSCs were attended by young and elderly, IDP and local women.
According to plan, the issue of the meetings was “responsibility – mechanisms of control for prevention of domestic violence”, the aim of consultation was informing women and elaboration of skills of responsibility.
The consultations were held on the background of active involvement of beneficiaries. They expressed their positive attitude regarding free psychological service of the organizations and mentioned that similar meetings are the only possibility for their informing and rehabilitation.
In Women Support Centers of the fund “Sukhumi” there were held free legal consultations. In Poti, Senaki and Tskaltubo, mainly discussed the rights of socially unprotected people also the programs for the mothers of many children.
In WSC of Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality) consultations concerned the marriage, rights and duties of the sides. In Kutaisi and Khoni, the issues of informational meetings were freedom of expression and media. The beneficiaries gained information about freedom and security guarantees.
On June 13 Legal informational-consultative meeting was held in Kutaisi, collective center of kindergarten. It was attended by women IDPs and local women. They were provided information about rights of children and legal ways of their protection, UN convention for children’s rights. .
In Kutaisi, Teklati (Senaki Municipallity) and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipallity) there were held psychological group meetings and consultations attended by 27 women at the age of 29-67. 8 women participated for the first time, individual consultations were given to 2 women. The main topic of the meeting was conversation for development of non-violent relations with children.
Remember, that each child needs individual approach, allocate them more time, be equal with them, remember that you must be an example for them – this is the advice of psychologist.
In Women Support Centers, there were held monthly legal consultations and informational meetings. The topics of the meetings were inheritance and testament, family conflicts, the rights and responsibilities of family members, the problems of domestic violence and protection mechanisms.
Individual consultations on the interests of participants in the meetings were held.
In addition, in May 12 meetings were held in collective centers of IDPs from Abkhazia. Group and individual consultations were held at the meeting.
12 group psychological meetings were held round Kutaisi in May, in compactly resided placed of IDPs with participation of 84 women. Also there were held individual consultations regarding a problem of family relations. The main issue ofteh conversation was model or form of family relations. Popular wisdom says: "Forewarned - is forearmed." The more we know about the family relationship, the less mistakes we make in life. Consultations had this exact goal.