7 offline meetings were held by a psychologist in the Women's Support Centers of Terjola, Pakhulani (Tsalenjikha municipality), Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality), Senaki, Kobuleti, Tkibuli and Chokhatauri. 4 group and 11 individual consultations, 12 online meetings were held. 11 psychotherapeutic sessions were held in Kutaisi.

Everyone is satisfied with the results of the work, but it can be especially noted that with the help of developing new skills 2 beneficiaries were able to overestimate their own problems and learned to control emotions, and 3 teenagers coped with bullying.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Local referral entities: members of the Gender Equality Council, representatives of local government, the police and the educational resource center, school teachers, medical staff gathered in the conference room of the City Hall of Vani Municipality.

During the meeting, a presentation was made on “National Referral Procedures for the Identification, Protection, Assistance and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence against Women and/or Domestic Violence (National Referral Mechanism)”.

Important issues were raised during the conversation: municipal statistics in terms of arresting orders, identification of problems and assistance to victims.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Forum-theater has moved to a new stage of work. The team has been updated. New scenes were staged, where all the actors play the main roles.

The last two performances of the Forum Theater were special. One of them was held in the yard of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" in front of representatives of the donor organization - USAID. Five scenes were played. The play of young actors was highly appreciated by the audience. As part of a USAID-funded project, the forum theater team introduces young people from different regions to the specifics of the forum theater and forms new groups.

The second show of the Forum Theater was held in Geguti Penitentiary No. 14. The convicts actively participated in the discussion. The heads of the institution, a social worker and a psychologist called the performances of the Forum Theater a relevant and important event.

Monitoring was carried out in the Women's Support Centers of Vani, Tkibuli and Tsalenjikha.

Peacekeeping, gender policy, prevention of domestic violence and protection of victims - after listening to the main results achieved in these areas, the participants voiced their assessments.

According to them, the migration of women, online games have created a lot of problems, so the correct information on these issues is still relevant. They believe that the role of a non-governmental organization is important and call the activities of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" successful.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

At the next information meeting, members of Zugdidi Women Initiative Group spoke about the problems advocated by the group. This success motivated them to work actively, and they set themselves the goal of solving several other problems.

During the meeting, the participants got acquainted with the activities of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" and current projects. They were also informed about the network meeting.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women organization

Information about the services for the assistance to victims of violence must reach the person who needs this type of assistance, - such is the opinion of the participants of the information meetings held at the Women Support Centers of Kobuleti, Senaki and Bagdati.

The aim of the Women Support Centers work is to provide the necessary information to the addressee. Accordingly, the number of applications to the Women Fund "Sukhumi" has increased. With the help of mobilizers, some of the beneficiaries are preparing for a meeting with a psychologist. Two women will complete a full course at the rehabilitation center of our organization. Based on the content of the cases, the work is carried out by a multi-team principle.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The Women Fund "Sukhumi" has started a new training course at the Youth Empowerment Centers.

The course covers youth groups from 10 municipalities. Local governments helped us to form new groups, and 5 trainings have already been held in the municipalities of Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Tkibuli, Terjola and Kobuleti. 125 young people took part in the work. Members of the Gender Equality Councils, representatives of youth departments, school directors and teachers also actively participated.

The first steps have been made. Ideas and initiatives of new youth groups appeared.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Violence against women continues to be the main topic of information meetings of the Women Support Centres. Problems regarding the identification of cases of violence and the lack of information about victim support services still remain.

In order to overcome these problems, Women Support Centers are actively working in villages, in different communities. They help to identify active, leader women in the field. The necessary information is disseminated.

Women Support Centers of Samtredia, Chokhatauri, Terjola and Khurcha (Zugdidi Municipality) already have results in identifying new cases and providing assistance to victims.

At the meeting, the participants were also informed about the practical guide/toolkit: "Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in war and post-war settings - experiences and recommendations of women's NGOs", which was developed by the WAVE Network in collaboration with its four WAVE members in 2022 by the support of the OSCE. The Toolkit describes best practices and the strategies employed by the women's NGOs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in different phases of conflict.

• Strategies during Wartime and emergency response settings were shared by Ukrainian and Armenian partners Sexual Assault Crisis Center (Yerevan, Armenia), Centre “Women’s Perspectives” (Lviv, Ukraine);
• Strategies during Protracted conflict were described by the Women's Foundation "Sukhumi" (Kutaisi, Tbilisi, Georgia);
• Strategies during Post-war and long-term perspective were based on the experience of the Bosnia-Herzegovina partner. Foundation United Women Banja Luka (Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina)

(A practical guide is available here https://www.osce.org/secretariat/530695)

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The small grants competition identified 10 winners. They have already started working in their spheres.

At the first stage, the women took courses in working with polymer clay, stylist and accountant in the Day Rehabilitation Centers of Kutaisi and Bagdati.

At the second stage, trainings were held for them, where they studied the formulation of their own goals, the features of writing a grant application and business projects.

Then the competition period began. 20 people participated in the competition - 12 from Kutaisi and 8 from Bagdati. Business projects were written.

10 were projects were selected and financed. With the financial support of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”, 8 women from Kutaisi and 2 women from Bagdati were able to start a small business. This is how our beneficiaries' lives change and their success stories are created.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

The monitoring and advocacy group has completed the field work in the target municipalities. The group studied the effectiveness of preventive measures implemented by local governments to identify the victims of violence against women and / or domestic violence, their protection, assistance and rehabilitation.

The shortcomings that need to be corrected have been identified. With this aim, recommendations will be developed that will help local governments to determine a strategy designed for beneficiaries.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)