In January-February, the Monitoring and Advocacy Group conducted a rapid assessment of the needs of the City Hall representatives in the target municipalities (Samtredia, Vani, Terjola, Bagdati, Tkibuli, Tsalenjikha, Zugdidi, Senaki, Kobuleti, Chokhatauri).
The rapid assessment aimed to identify the needs for planning educational trainings in three areas: civic participation, social work, e-services.
City Hall officials supported the initiative of the Women Fund "Sukhumi". The online / phone survey method was used to work with the respondents. A simple online questionnaire was elaborated, which was filled in by 184 respondents.
A rapid assessment has highlighted the issues on which the City Hall representatives need more information, qualification and skills.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Business planning, the essence of marketing and its importance, marketing strategy, business operations, management and legal issues, financial management - two-day training on these issues was held for the beneficiaries of the day rehabilitation center.
The Women Fund "Sukhumi" gave them the opportunity to master new professions, acquire new knowledge and skills, and after training they will be able to write business projects.
The next stage is the competition of business ideas. Beneficiaries of the day rehabilitation center will participate in the competition. The authors of the best ideas will receive small grants that will promote their employment and well-being.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
It all happens after our meetings. One meeting / training is held per month and from training to training children express their views: what they have learned, what they like and what they worry about, in different ways.
Video clip, prepared by Samtredia Group, information meetings held by Zugdidi and Kobuleti groups and many else: diagrams, letters to parents, comics, videos, paintings, presentations...
We call these events initiative ones, because they reflect our training. The topics of the meetings held in the ten youth centers in February were: conflict, ethics, aesthetics, relationships of parents and children. The activities carried out by the leaders of the centers were also dedicated to these issues.
All activities are posted on the Facebook pages of the Fund "Sukhumi" and schools and the number of views is thousands ... 787 people took part in the activities. The activity would be much higher if the schools had not switched to online teaching. The youth direction of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" is still quite popular and this is the best result of our active work.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
“Haven House” is the first women shelter opened in California in 1964, which probably stood in a beautiful green yard. Just like our rehabilitation / crisis center in one of the picturesque districts of Kutaisi. Here is coziness in every corner, where you can enter and relax.
A woman, who is in difficult situation, but does not have a victim status and therefore cannot be addressed to a shelter can come here. Before undergoing proper procedures, a woman can stay in this perfect environment for some time.
A social worker, a psychologist and a lawyer help a conflict – affected woman to find the way forward: alleviate the situation. If necessary, they prepare the necessary documents.
Women have the opportunity to study new professional skills, that will help them to earn an income. All this will make a woman more active, strong, self-confident, she gets aware of her rights and she will be able to defend her and her children's rights.
On the world map, where there are thousands of points of hope for women victims and their children, one is ours - with beautiful and distinctive Kutaisi exoticism and unique aroma of Sukhumi coffee.
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Information collection through focus groups and in-depth interviews What difficulties follow this process; What factors contributed to the successful completion of the research; Members of Tskaltubo Women Initiative Group openly assessed the work done. Each speaker talked about how the process was planned and what results were achieved. According to the participants, the facilitation process is accompanied by difficulties, however gained experience and skills helped them to complete the research successfully. "The process was interesting for us as well, because we had direct communication with women and talked about the barriers that hinder the women’s success."
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
The right of children to: have family, alternative care, education, health, social protection, proper living conditions and development, protection from child abuse, protection from harmful influences. These issues were discussed at a meeting on February 17.
The “Convention on the Rights of the Child” has changed both children's perceptions and attitudes towards them - children are people with special rights and not just passive objects of charity.
The Convention declares that children need special care and protection.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Gender and Gender Equality Aspects - This topic was discussed by members of Senaki Youth Group.
"Unequal distribution of roles in the family is directly connected to stereotypes";
"It is necessary to change the way of thinking and break these stereotypes";
"A woman should have the right of choice in the family."
Such positions were recorded by the members of the initiative group.
Also, during the discussion, it was mentioned that violence and aggression against women is related to the neglect of the issue of gender equality in society.
Young people believe that the next generation needs proper information, this issue should be actively discussed in educational institutions in order to break down the harmful stereotypes that recognize only the superiority of men in the family.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Members of Senaki Women Initiative Group talked about the progress of their research at a meeting in February. The analysis of the obtained materials reveals the barriers that hinder the involvement of women in socio-political and economic activities. The participants positively evaluated the experience gained in the process of collecting information. According to them, the skills acquired during the training significantly increased their competence. They noted that properly selected respondents and facilitation skills helped them to obtain the necessary information for the research.
The project is implemented with the support of the USAID
Women empowerment, their support means advocating for issues that are particularly high priority for women. Winter and bad weather created new challenges, and appeals to Women Support Centers also increased. The mobilizers of the Centers try to solve the problems with the help of the self-government.
Single mother in Kobuleti and socially vulnerable family n Tkibuli, were given firewood according to the municipal program. The advocacy process to support a woman victim of violence was successfully completed in Senaki - the family will receive benefit from the self-government program.
These issues were revealed at the monthly information meetings held by the mobilizers of the Center. 47 people attended information meetings in Kobuleti, Senaki and Tkibuli.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
Irina, the character of our film, is one of the 13 women who had a friendship with the Women's Fund "Sukhumi" last year.
At our rehabilitation center, women receive human and professional support, new knowledge, practical skills, development prospects in order to continue living independently.
All the actions of the Women's Fund "Sukhumi" are aimed at transforming the victim of violence woman into a strong woman who knows her own and others' rights and knows how to protect her.
The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)