Active work of Women Support Centers, informational-consultative meetings and solved problems, collaboration with local government with the aim of informing citizens and advocacy of problems –the sixth issue of informational bulletin, published by the fund “Sukhumi” in frames of the project “Strengthening of Women’s Rights in Western georgia” tells the readers and beneficiaries about this.
Facilitation is an English word and means simplification, help. It implies the conduct of the process with the participation of the third neutral party.
The July newsletter of the Fund "Sukhumi", which is published in the framework of the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia", is dedicated to this issue.
The theme of the issue is "mediation, facilitation - the shortest way to prevent violence". The publication gives examples of successful and unsuccessful mediation. Useful tips are offered, how to become a mediator and what you need to know for this.
How to work with youth groups to resolve conflicts - this is the name given to the manual issued by the fund “Sukhumi” for young trainers.
The manual was created within the framework of the project "Promoting non-violent conflict resolution among young people through training in western Georgia" for young people who received a training course in conflictology. The collection included 4 topics on which young people from 8 municipalities of Western Georgia (Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Senaki, Poti, Zugdidi, Ozurgeti, Batumi) worked: forms, types and analysis of the conflict, methods of conflict resolution; the role of information in conflict resolution, gender and gender aspects of conflict resolution, the influence of masculinity on conflict. The publication also provides information useful for trainers: the structure of the training and training skills.
The project is implemented with the support of Canada Fund for local Initiatives (CFLI) – Canada Embassy in Turkey
Fund "Sukhumi" published analytical brochure "Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, rethinking approaches to conflict resolution and new vectors for its transformation” in Georgian, Russian and English languages.
It presents the factors that hinder the building of peace and the positive transformation of the conflict, as well as new approaches for cooperation and development, active work in the sphere of people's diplomacy and the enhancement of the role of women.
This publication, more than any other, is a product of team effort.
We worked together, with pleasure and interest. Talking about your own positive results naturally causes such feelings.
In 2013-2016 Fund “Sukhumi” implemented a very challenging, important and ambitious project “Gender Advisory Councils – increasing women’s role in social changes of regions”. The project turned out to be more successful than expected - establishing Gender Advisory Councils in Kutaisi, Ozurgeti and Senaki helped increase women’s role and also brought some social changes to regions.
Moreover, state legislation now makes provisions for establishing gender councils.
How did we start? What did we do? How did we achieve our goals? The book tries to answer all these questions.
In this book we will tell you about the roads we took, our rich three-year experience, changes that we witnessed at the end of the project, the impact on society, government agencies and media, the people who contributed to these changes.
Georgia is in second place in Eastern Europe after Moldova for the early marriage of girls. It is followed by Turkey and Tajikistan.
As an exception, the marriage of a person who has reached the age of 16 was allowed by her consent and only with the consent of the court in the presence of such reasons as pregnancy. Since January 2017, the marriage of persons under the age of 18 has been completely prohibited by law.
These and other issues were aired in the informational bulletin of the fund "Sukhumi". The electronic version of the newsletter is published within the framework of the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia".
"Communication" comes from the Latin word "komunikare", which means - we will make what is said understandable to all... Why we do not understand each other, why do we perceive the situation differently? This question is directly related to the knowledge of communication and the answer is this: because we do not know, or simply, misunderstand the forms of presenting information.
The bulletin contains examples of effective and ineffective communication, there are given the necessary information and advices.
The electronic version of the bulletin of the Fund "Sukhumi" is published in the framework of the project "Strengthening of women's rights in Western Georgia" and is distributed at different meetings.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
Women migration is a question that concerns everyone in Georgia equally, since there is no family whose member or loved one is not away.
There are many stories on this issue, some with a good ending, some with a bad ending. Statistically, of the people who were in the migration, 67% are women. Although, without it, it is clear that the leakage of women abroad over the past years has increased even more.
The bulletins contain several stories, the issue of responsibility of family members and society.
The electronic version of the bulletin of the Fund "Sukhumi" is published in the framework of the project "Strengthening of women's rights in Western Georgia" and is distributed at different meetings.
"Emotion management is the main segment in the prevention of violence" - this is the topic of the newsletter of May.
It says: "Emotion is an internal state of the individual and is aimed at a certain subject. Emotional personality depends on temperament, although the level of her education, upbringing and development plays a big role. "
The article gives examples - heard at the meetings of the Fund "Sukhumi". The necessary advice is presented.
The electronic version of the bulletin of the Fund "Sukhumi" is published in the framework of the project "Strengthening of women's rights in Western Georgia".
Gender stereotypes – dominant view about the qualities and roles of women and men - are one of the topical issues at the meetings of the fund “Sukhumi”. That is why the February issue of the newsletter was dedicated to it.
The bulletin explains why we are interested in this topic, gives examples and presents tips on how to deal with stereotypes. As psychologists say, gradually, step by step!
The electronic version of the newsletter is published within the framework of the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia".