Women Fund "Sukhumi" conducted a survey to identify the needs of IDP women and girls. Members of the IDP Women Initiative Group of Tskaltubo were involved in the process.
40 questionnaires were filled in an electronic format. Questionnaires have already been reviewed to clearly see the needs and priorities that exist in IDP collective centers. All this will form the basis for creating a social profile of these centers.
The project is implemented with the support
of the UN Women organization
A survey was conducted and questionnaires were filled out In the IDP settlement. Khoni IDP Women Initiative Group was actively involved in the process.
In order to fully reflect the existing problems, meetings were held in the village, the completed questionnaires were discussed, additional information was received, and the population clearly saw which problems were prior.
A number of issues were identified on which it is necessary to put emphasis and direct the advocacy strategy of the Initiative Group - for example, the problem of stray dogs, the problem of rehabilitation of entrances and external facades, etc.
Проект осуществляется при поддержке
Женской организации ООН
The Delegation of the European Union to Georgia hosted a high-level conference on "Women's participation in politics".
The meeting was held in hybrid mode and was attended by women in politics, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Human Rights, Chairman of the Parliamentary Gender Equality Council, activists of civil society organizations, experts, representatives of international organizations, and 12 embassies accredited in Georgia.
Ekaterine Gamakharia, a representative of the Women's Fund "Sukhumi", though online format, emphasized that political empowerment and participation of such marginalized groups as conflict-affected women, IDPs, and people living in remote regions are not paid sufficient attention, and the need to promote the political participation of this category of women is essential.
Phones with SOS application and a magic button of our support were “lit up” in several other municipalities: Chokhatauri, Kobuleti, Vani, Bagdati, Senaki, Samtredia, Zugdidi, Terjola, Tsalenjikha, Tkibuli.
The Women Fund "Sukhumi" held a special action - handed over mobile phones to women of vulnerable groups.
This useful activity was carried out together with representatives of local governments, since it is important for the Fund "Sukhumi" to cooperate with municipal structures to improve the social and psychological situation of women.
The project is implemented with the support the Equality Fund (Canada)
The last training from the cycle of trainings organized by the Women Fund "Sukhumi" was held In the Zoom format - this time for the heads of administrative units and specialists from the services of the municipalities of Tkibuli, Kobuleti, Chokhatauri and Tsalenjikha.
The training covered the following issues: the role of local governments in achieving gender equality, prevention and response to domestic violence; forms of civic participation, mechanisms of protection from violence, cooperation with the referral entities in identifying cases of violence and assistance to the victim.
The training participants were introduced to the innovative platform - the web page "Digital Resource Center for Victims of Violence" created by the Women Fund "Sukhumi". The web page gives information to the victim of violence and the person who is interested in her assistance about existing services, protection mechanisms and other relevant topics.
The pandemic prevented the work of the forum - theater. Now pleasant innovations have begun: the group was filled with new actors, new scenes were written, rehearsals and performances were updated. In March, the forum - theater held two performances in Kutaisi, in the open air.
The group of young actors is planning an even more active spring - they will travel to different municipalities, show the viewer scenes on actual topics, and then there will be discussions so that everyone can see the problems and ways to solve them...
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
The lawyer of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" held consultation meetings for the beneficiaries of the Women Support Centers of Tkibuli, Terjola and Senaki.
The lawyer also gave three online legal consultations to the beneficiaries of the Women Support Centers of Samtredia, Vani and Chokhatauri - on the issues of changing the surname, also alimony and divorce.
The lawyer actively worked in the rehabilitation center together with a social worker and psychologist of the Women Fund “Sukhumi”. Women-victims of domestic violence living in the center, received the legal consultations on interesting issues.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
"Today I saw my responsibilities in a different prism; I realized that a lot depends on me in terms of having an active population in the community".
"I have heard topics that I have heard about, but it turns out I did not know them."
"Representatives of the Mayor are the implementers of our policies in their community, so it is important for us to help them to improve their skills"...
These are the evaluations of the participants. The online training was attended by 82 people from Bagdati, Vani and Terjola municipalities: representatives of the Mayor in the village (55 participants) and their assistants. They were provided with information on a variety of issues, including:
The psychologist of the Women Fund "Sukhumi" held offline meetings organized by Tkibuli and Terjola Women Support Centers. Online group meetings were held with the beneficiaries of Chokhatauri, Bagdati and Khurcha (Zugdidi municipality) Women Support Centers.
The work was also carried out in other directions: online sessions with two married couples, online individual psychotherapeutic sessions with participation of 18 beneficiaries from the regions and 13 from Kutaisi. In March, 5 people addressed a psychologist for the first time.
32 years old: “Thank you for your great work and your time. I not only got rid of fear, but also matured for big changes in my life, I began to enjoy the little things,” these are the words of one of the beneficiaries.
The project is implemented with the support of the organization Brot
für die Welt - Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (Germany)
