The fund “Sukhumi” organized a round table in Senaki on the topic of a positive transformation of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

The participants received information about the training conducted with girls and women and their views on the peaceful resolution of the conflict. During a round-table there was a presentation of the study "Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, rethinking approaches to the conflict settlement and new vectors for its transformation".

Participants with interest got acquainted with all the information, noted the active work of the Fund "Sukhumi" for the transformation of the conflict and submitted their proposals

The project  is implemented with the support of  Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

With participation of local self-government there were held round tables of Kutaisi, khoni, Senaki, Poti, and Koki (Zugdidi municipality) WSCs.

During the meetings there were discussed information about international day of women solidarity, gender situation in Georgia, discrimination and violence against women. The conversation touched the results and successful examples of the WSCs work.

In frames of the campaign of 16 active days, women initiative group of Tskaltubo conducted a meeting – round table in Sakrebulo. It was attended by active women, local government, NGO, media.

During the meeting there was a conversation about prevention of facts of domestic violence nad mechanisms of protection of the victim. There was given information about a fact that in the budget of the next year there are envisaged funds for providing victim women with the temporal place of residence and the expenditures for psycho-rehabilitation, which is very important step.

During a campaign there was also held a round table in Kutaisi. Participants spoke about main reasons, which cause violence. there was presentation of short film “Circle of violence”, followed by discussion. Participants of the round table elaborated recommendations, noting that it is necessary to strengthen regulations of the state, uniting of all segments of the society. 

Batumi Gender Advisory Council (GAC) and the association "Group of Civil Initiatives", held the presentation the results of the project co-financed by the Fund "Sukhumi" - "Cultural dialogue of generations - as a series of positive experiences" in the hall of City Council.  Besides the members of the GAC the meeting was attended by participants of the project, the beneficiaries, the representatives of governments, NGOs, intelligentsia and the media.

What is the activity of Batumi GAC in frames of the project, which will be officially continued by the Gender Council, formed in Sakrebulo; what issues were successfully advocated by Batumi Club of Women Voters; how do the teachers and youth evaluate education work, carried out by the young people - participants of the meeting evaluated the project as very useful and productive, and argued the need to support such activities in the future. A high assessment was given to the role of the Fund "Sukhumi" in terms of facilitating gender policy in Batumi.

Particular interest was paid to publication in frames of the project of Professor Ramaz Surmanidze "Fundamentals of the age-sex education of children and adolescents," the official presentation of which was already financed by Batumi Public Library after Akaki Tsereteli.

The round table was held in the form of interesting discussions. The event was aired in the air of company "Adjara", "TV - 25", radio "Liberty".

The Fund "Sukhumi" held a roundtable on "Prevention of violence against women - the work of referral mechanisms: challenges, problems, ways to overcome." Participated: representatives of local government, local NGOs working in this direction, representatives of social agencies, legal services centers, police departments, patrol police, mass media, heads of shelters for victims of violence.

The participants talked about the problem and the real ways to solve it.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)

In the meeting hall of Zugdidi Municipality there was held a round table – the last activity of the project "Cooperation with local government – prevention of domestic violence and protection of victims" (funded by Zugdidi Municipality Gamgeoba and co-financed by the fund "Sukhumi").

The meeting was attended by officials of the governmental structures and representatives of local government in the municipalities. There was held a presentation of the project results (6 trainings and research). It was ,mentioned that violence in family is a serious problem and the local government is ready to be involved in the process of prevention.

The Georgian-Abkhazian conflict, rethinking the approaches to the conflict settlement and new vectors for its transformation - this urgent issue was considered in the meeting room of Tskaltubo Sakrebulo, where an interesting audience gathered: representatives of the local government, school principals, young people, activists of the Tskaltubo Women Support Center of the fund “Sukhumi”.

At the round table there was presented a study in which important stages of the post-conflict period and the negotiation process, problems and potential of the population of the Gali district are presented. During the group work, the meeting participants recorded interesting proposals that could contribute to a positive transformation of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.

The project is implemented with the support of Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA

In the conference hall of Tskaltubo Sakrebulo there gathered representatives of local self-government and activists on  the WSCs.

Round table on: “Women Solidarity – for better future” was devoted to the week of women solidarity.

Information regarding the week of solidarity, analysis of the WSC work, familiarizing with the plans – all this was interesting for the participants. They took a photo together and mentioned that women solidarity is too important, as it can change the future.