Giga Bibichadze is a dressmaker.the passion of sewing came to him while studying at the Gelati Theological Academy when he became acquainted with the history of the creation of the liturgical vestments. He wanted to show his abilities at sewing.

Women Fund "Sukhumi" continues the campaign of breaking down gender stereotypes in order to provide equality, tolerance, and a non-violent environment in our society through the rubric "Gender and Society".

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

A meeting of the Inter-Agency Commission of Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence was held by the Interagency Human Rights Council was conducted in a hybrid mode. The session was attended by representatives of relevant agencies of the central government and representatives of international and local civil society organizations. The meeting was chaired by Niko Tatulashvili, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Human Rights.Participants shared the key individual achievements and challenges that accompany the process of working against gender equality, women and domestic violence.

Linda Chikhladze, a representative of the Tbilisi office of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" also participated at the meeting. She shared the experience of the Fund "Sukhumi" with the participants during the discussion and, despite the short time, focused on urgent needs. In particular:The importance of childcare services to promote women's employment and effectively prevent domestic violence;The importance of identifying women / domestic violence at an early stage through the involvement of the Mayor's representatives in the villages. At the same time, she also spoke about increasing their gender sensitivity and the need for vocational training;Barriers to access to municipal services that prevent the affected woman from accessing services in another municipality during a crisis situation due to the absence of victim status and registration; Linda Chikhladze also asked about the current situation of violent behavior correction programs and whether they plan to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The presentation of the new monitoring report “Importance of Behavior Change Programs of the Perpetrator at an Early Stage and Existing Best Practices" organized by the Women Fund "Sukhumi" Tbilisi office was held online through the Zoom platform, and presented by the researcher - Nino Korinteli.

Together with the representatives of state agencies and local organizations, the meeting was attended by representatives of international organizations and public officials of 10 municipalities of Western Georgia.

"Thank you very much for organizing such an important event, where we, the representatives of various agencies, experts, representatives of local governments are given the opportunity to share our experiences, findings, statistics, achievements, challenges to filling out information. similar meetings always create the preconditions for new initiatives, changes and services,” – Indira Robakidze, the head of Tbilisi Crisis Center for Victims of Violence.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

I am Sofiko Kukhalashvili, born in 1992, an IDP from Abkhazia. I live in Khoni. I want to briefly tell you about my small business, which I have done myself. In 2017 I visited the village and my grandmother gave me one small pig, thus my small business started. This little pig, that I had to raise and then kill, was female. When it grew up to 7 months and it was very good, I changed my mind to kill it and decided to breed it…so I did. I made cross-breeding. I had small pigs 4 months after breeding. I was very happy. Somehow their care and patronage became very interesting and enjoyable for me.

Then I decided to start farm business. I was able to make a small building where I housed the pigs. I needed my parents'financial assistance. After arranging this building my success in the farm business started. There was not only one mother pig in this building, but at least 10. Then I started to find out where I could find good pigs to be a successful farmer and get the best results. In addition I had to learn their food ration as well as suitable medicines. I found everything on the internet and learned from farmers, who had more experience in this field.

Periodically we all need psychological relief.

With this reason, Fund "Sukhumi" organized a training with the teachers of Didinedzi school.

Art therapy, role games and tests. This is a small list presented by the psychologist of the Fund "Sukhumi" Manana Gotsiridze.

The women were very pleased and noted that such activities are necessary to feel energy and work with more enthusiasm.

The project is implemented with the support of the USAID

“Supra” in Georgian is not only lunch. This is a ritual of a joint feast, an exchange of feelings. Therefore, we decided to invite “our Ukrainian women” - this is how we call women from Ukraine. They came to our office with pleasure: Irina, Natalia, Marina...

Georgian dishes were cooked by us - chakhokhbili and pkhali, mchadi and khachapuri, satsivi, chanakhi, kubdari... We printed the recipes for them.

We talked about the Georgian traditions of the feast, in parallel - about our experiences. They talked about their own, and we talked about our pain, which was revived by the war in Ukraine...

"Supra" has become a kind of psycho-rehabilitation. The guests left satisfied, forgetting for a while the pain. They know that the Women Fund “Sukhumi” is their assistant and tries to solve their daily problems...

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

There is always the question to me and others how I became a successful woman. I had to talk about this topic at one of the meetings organized by the Women Fund "Sukhumi".

I think I have interestingly explained my success formula.

In order to reach succeed, every person must develop an individual way, which includes the most important things - hard work, constant movement, purposefulness, the ability to think logically and luck.

I do not think that the path to success passed by others is a clear example to me, because everything is individual, both the person himself and his skills and abilities, so our work plan will bring results when it is relevant to our capabilities.

I had different creative skills from childhood and I develop these skills to this day, in other words, my approach to any activities is creative. I also deal with difficulties easily, when moving towards the goal, of course there is a heterogeneous problem, but it is not an obstacle for me.

Sociability is the most important for success.

I have always wanted to use real opportunities for success. It is very important how you use the resources you have.

In order to become a successful person, you must logically follow the path to the goal.

During the online meeting with the members of Kutaisi Women Initiative Group, the participants evaluated the training cycle held in April and talked about the necessity of information.

"These trainings were interesting and important for me, they gave me the opportunity to be aware of important topics for an active citizen."

"The training cycle will help us to become more active and be able to prioritize our needs and advocate them."

At the end of the meeting, participants were provided with information on training topics of the next month.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women organization

"If not such meetings, I would not have information about the self-government programs, it seems that many things were taken into account and, I am sure, not many people, like me have information about it".

"I not only got information, but also passed a little training on how to use the online space to get interesting information".

This is the feedback from meeting participants. Meetings were held with beneficiaries living in Terjola, Samtredia, Bagdati and Vani municipalities. They learned how to use the Internet properly, how to find the necessary material or document. Detailed information was also spread about the website of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" "Digital Resource Center of the Services for Victims of Violence".

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

Iamze Gumberidze, a lawyer of the Women Fund "Sukhumi", actively worked with the beneficiaries during a month. She attended the presentation of the Interdepartmental Commission on the Prevention of Violence against Women and / or Domestic Violence, Protection and Assistance to Victims of Violence in Bagdati. The initiative of the Women Fund "Sukhumi", to create this commission, was supported by Bagdati municipality.

Traditional work was conducted with the Women Support Centers. An individual meeting was held in Bagdati, a group meeting in Terjola (with 16 participants) and in Tsalenjikha there were both individual and group meetings (with the participation of 7 beneficiaries).

During group meetings, women and their children with signs of violence victims, were identified. The lawyer introduced them to the law against violence and victim protection mechanisms. In addition to these meetings, a telephone consultation was given to the beneficiary from Chokhatauri. The participants of the meetings received answers to their questions - this contributes to the solution of their problems.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)