The Gender Advisory Council, established by the Fund "Sukhumi” in 2013 has been actively working in Ozurgeti municipality for three years. On the basis of the Council, the Women's Public Union of Ozurgeti is being created. The union is one of the members of the Coalition “Woman and Peace” and at the end of the year, on December 27, it held an informational meeting during which the discussion mainly touched the future plans. According to the decision of the union, one of the emphasis will be placed on peacekeeping activities, work on human security issues. They are going to involve interested people from all over Guria (Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, Chokhatauri municipalities) - representatives of government agencies, NGOs, media, youth.

The meeting was held in frames of the activities of the Coalition "Woman and Peace". The Coalition included 10 women NGOs from 4 regions of Western Georgia (Imereti, Samegrelo, Guria, Ajaria).

The meeting with the working group was held in the conference hall of Zugdidi municipality City Hall. There was held a discussion about the working version of the Road Map developed by the group. The group enriched the map with additional directions, taking into account the needs revealed during meetings with the beneficiaries.

The working version of the Roadmap will be reviewed at Sakrebulo meeting on December 28.

The meeting was held in frames of the project “Strengthening the capacity of regional and local administrations in processes of localization of the National Action Plan of 1325 Resolution The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.

The project is being implemented by the Coalition Union - the Association of Women IDPs “Consent” (Tbilisi), the Women's Information Center (Tbilisi) and the Culture and Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” (Kutaisi).

On December 26, the Fund "Sukhumi" summarized the activities carried out during a year in frames of the project "Strengthening the Women’s Rights in Western Georgia". The project director, coordinator, assistant and mobilizers of nine Women Support Centers talked about the activities of 2018, the results, changes and future prospects...

The Fund "Sukhumi" organized a meeting of a working group in Tsalenjikha municipality on the localization of the National Action Plan for the implementation of Resolution 1325 of the UN Security Council. The group members reviewed the Roadmap project they had developed and identified a number of priority issues, advocacy of which had already begun.

The focus of the meeting was made on the Municipal Action Plan for Gender Equality, since special importance is attached to its harmonization with the Road Map.

Together with the leaders of the municipality, the working group considered the issue of advancing important topics for the implementation of gender policy. The conversation touched on the allocation of budgetary funds, directing local resources to the needs of citizens and ensuring their inclusion. Meetings with different target groups were planned to identify their needs. This will contribute to the active inclusion of the municipality in the localization of Resolution 1325 “on women, peace and security”.

The meeting was held in frames of the project “Strengthening the capacity of regional and local administrations in processes of localization of the National Action Plan 1325 Resolution  The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.

The project is being implemented by the Coalition Union - the Association of Women IDPs “Consent” (Tbilisi), the Women's Information Center (Tbilisi) and the Culture and Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi” (Kutaisi).