An information meeting was held in the school of the village Didinedzi (Zugdidi municipality), where the teachers of schools and kindergartens participated. The participants of the meeting got acquainted with the research of the Women Fund "Sukhumi", in particular, with the monitoring of the work of the Departments for the Protection of Children's Rights and their Support. Particular emphasis was placed on the services, achievements and existing challenges of the Children's Departments of 10 municipalities, which were identified as a result of the research.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

During the meeting, organized by Tkibuli Gender Equality Council, the presentation of the results of the “Monitoring of the effectiveness of the work of Departments for the Protection of Cchildren's Rights and their Support”, conducted by the Women Fund “Sukhumi”, was held. At the same time, prospects for cooperation between the Fund and the Gender Council were discussed.

Together with members of the Gender Council, a dialogue was held with the Deputy Mayor of the municipality. The conversation touched upon the work on the gender equality strategy and the action plan. It was noted that an interdepartmental commission on the  issues of violence against women and domestic violence was created in the executive authorities - this will become the basis of local activities for the prevention of violence and the protection of victims.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

For 16 days, the Facebook page of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" almost "exploded" with news, photos, videos...

Everything began at one meeting...

When talking about the 16-day campaign at a meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission for the Prevention of Violence against Women of the Senaki Municipality, Darejan Zarandia, the head of the educational resource center, expressed her desire to train teachers as trainers so that they can carry out activities in their schools.

If only there were initiatives and... Women Fund "Sukhumi" is always ready to help.

On November 18, a training on the topic “Conducting meetings on issues of violence” was held at the Resource Center. There were 26 teachers from the city and the municipality villages - teachers of Georgian and foreign languages, mathematics, physical education, music, civic education and other subjects from the schools of Menji, Eka, Teklati, Gejheti, Akhalsopeli, Dzveli Senaki and others.

Together with the trainer Lali Shengelia, the participants discussed many issues: femicide, violence against women, referral mechanisms, including necessary phone numbers, shelters, municipal services and support from the Fund “Sukhumi”. They also got acquainted with our web page "Digital Resource Center for Violence Victims".http://sosfsokhumi.ge/

Problems of health, education, employment and security, faulty infrastructure, lack of access to the Internet are issues that IDPs are concerned about and that can be addressed by the inclusion of state structures.

Member of the Parliament of Georgia Teona Akubardia and UN Women's consultant Mako Avaliani met with IDP women from Abkhazia and women living in the villages located near the occupation line.

The meeting, which was held in Zugdidi, was attended by five representatives of Zugdidi and Senak initiative groups of the Women Fund "Sukhumi". They are active participants in the coalition project "Women and youth localizing the women, peace and security agenda".

The meeting was organized by the Women Fund “Sukhumi” and the Association “Consent”.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women organization

US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly C. Degnan attended the presentation of the Women Fund “Sukhumi” project in Kutaisi. The meeting was held at the office of the project partner - the Association "Peaceful and Business Caucasus" with the participation of representatives of USAID and the US Embassy in Georgia.

The Women Fund "Sukhumi" and the Association "Peaceful and Business Caucasus" presented the results of the USAID project, achieved during the two-year work.

US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly C. Degnan thanked the project representatives for their good and important work in strengthening the capacity of civil society, developing economic and medical directions, for helping to restore confidence and strengthen lasting peace.

During the meeting, gratitude was expressed to the US Embassy for almost the first serious support to the Fund “Sukhumi”, which made it possible to strengthen the organization and create a good background. Subsequently, the Embassy repeatedly financed important project proposals of the Fund "Sukhumi" to support and protect women's rights.

The project is implemented with the support of the USAID

Information meetings on the issues of violence were held at the social agency of Senaki municipality and online with a group from Zugdidi municipality. Representatives of various vulnerable groups actively participated.

On the background of frequent cases of femicide in the country, the web page of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" - "Digital Resource Center of Services for Violence Victims" aroused great interest of the audience. The participants believe that information about this page should be delivered to the general public - this will have a positive impact in terms of violence prevention.

The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)

5 people spent 10 November days in our rehabilitation center - three elderly women and two grandchildren of one of the grandmothers. Everyone tried to create family comfort in the center - delicious dinners were prepared for the guests. A social worker, a lawyer and a psychologist were actively involved in the process of women's rehabilitation and a teacher worked with the children. The work was carried out in direction of traumas, fears, resentment, stress and self-esteem.

The women shared their impressions:

- I have been to many places in my life, but I have never felt such a warm attitude anywhere, the advice of a psychologist is very important to me. Thank you so much for being so attentive and kind.

- Elderly people need warmth. There is a lot of warmth here - especially warm human attitude. Everyone helps, smiles, tries to please you. My soul is rejuvenated and renewed.

- For many years I suffered from psychological abuse from family members. And only now I realized that I need to love myself - that's how I was taught here and I will live by this principle.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

In the framework of the global 16-day campaign against gender-based violence, the monitoring group of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" held an information meeting in the school of the village Etseri (Terjola municipality), which was attended by teachers and upper graders.

The meeting focused on the importance of the problem of violence and the timeliness of the response. The participants got acquainted with the monitoring results of the work of departments for the protection of children's rights and their support. There was a conversation about the services, achievements and tasks of the department. It was revealed that many people do not know about the departments, so it is necessary to disseminate information. It was considered important that departments have the resources to empower vulnerable families.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot

 für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)

Linda Chikhladze, the representative of the Women's Fund "Sukhumi'' was invited to the working meeting held to develop the 2022-2025 gender strategy action plan of the Tbilisi Municipality Assembly. The meeting was chaired by Tinatin Nibloshvili, head of the Gender Equality Council of Tbilisi Municipality. The meeting was attended by Nino Burdzenidze, adviser to the city mayor on gender issues, Indira Robakidze - head of the Tbilisi Crisis Center, Ana Margiani - representative of the Academy of the Ministry of Finance, Sophia Chokheli -  representative of the Human Rights Protection and Monitoring Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Anna Lobzhanidze - representative of the Office of the Public Defender of Georgia.

Council members and invited guests talked about the five main goals of the action plan project, goals, objectives and forms of activities to be implemented.

On November 25, a march of the women's movement against sexual violence was held. Together with other solidarity groups, the Tbilisi representative office of the Women's Fund "Sukhumi" joined the march. The organizers and participants of the rally say that sexual acts with a woman without her consent are rape and violence. According to their own statement, this is recognized by international conventions and courts, but Georgian legislation does not recognize it.