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".
The conflict of generations is one of the topical issues at the meetings of the fund “Sukhumi”. That is why it became the topic of the November bulletin.
"I do not understand when he changed. She does not hear me at all. I do not know how to cope with it. I do everything, but he still does not obey," - mothers say.
In the process of education there are no standard recipes that can be useful to everyone. Although, there are approaches that should be envisaged for many mothers. The bulletins say exactly about this - the test and advice are 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".
Advocacy is one of the segments during the prevention of violence, this is the theme of the newsletter of the Fund "Sukhumi" in August.
The word "advocacy" comes from the word "advocare" and means "call for change, their support."
As the publication states, advocacy is: to activity protect one's own and others' interests, actions in order to achieve change, influence public opinion, unite, support for implementation of changes
There are cases of successful and unsuccessful advocacy in the publication. There are also tips on what you should know before the start of the campaign.
The bulletin is published in the framework of the project "Strengthening of Women's Rights in Western Georgia".
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
When fund "Sukhumi” started to work on the stories of women peacemakers within the framework of Georgian-Abkhaz women’s joint peacemaking project, we were not fully aware how to form it. One thing we knew for sure – they would not be dry and impersonal stories about women and women’s organizations fighting for peace. Our main target was not only the provision of information, but also the motivation of new women groups to increase the rows of peacemakers.
As it turned out, there are numerous examples of confrontations, bloodshed and destruction. We see split-up societies, millions of refugee families. It is rather hard to find true life stories of women behind the dry reports of historians, Human Rights’ Defenders, and International Institution.
Gradually, we started collecting the stories.
The first one was the story of Malala Yusufzai- a girl from Pakistan, whom Thalibs tried to kill because of her thirst to freedom.
Then there was Sharm Thong from Burma – a sixteen year-old girl, whose evaluations were heard from the high UN tribune by the world authorities.
Mother Hawa from Galkayo was an ardent defender of refugee women.
Visaka Dharmadasa, whose story might be Familiar to mother, who lost their kids.
. . . And other names, who were defined by the one of the authors as "women, fighting until their last breath”.
This collection consists of only eight stories, different eight problems, faced by women of different age, social status, and race.
Our beneficiaries, groups of refugee women, had the possibility of getting acquainted with the collected stories. At one of our meetings, the oldest participant lady expressed the common idea, "Today I made sure that women all over the world are united by the similar problems. I have seen myself in these stories many times-I recognized my pain, my dreams. Honestly I felt envious toward the women who are brave, so true to their own nation.”
We hope that this spirit will be shared by those, who will read our collection of stories. It is only the first collection of women-peacemakers stories that will be enriched with new names and experiences.
The Fund “Sukhumi” prepared the research” “The role and involvement of representatives of medical institutions in the process of identifying, responding and referring violence against women and domestic violence”. It shows the attitude of the medical staff towards violence against women / domestic violence, their vision of the ways out and the recommendations developed as a result of the research.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt – Evangelischer Entwicklunsdienst (Germany)
