The joint project of Senaki municipality City Hall and the Fund "Sukhumi" - "Cooperation with local government - for gender equality and prevention of domestic violence" was completed. 4 trainings were conducted in frames of the project, a “Situational analysis of the problem of violence against women / domestic violence in Senaki municipality” was prepared and published.

On December 3, the presentation of the project was held in the conference hall of Sakrebulo. The meeting participants talked about the project’s activities and results, one of the activities was publication of the situational analysis.

The project will contribute to the prevention of violence against women / domestic violence, the inclusion of local government in the identification and reaction to the cases and implementation of legal eligibility.

At the end of the meeting, the attention was paid to future cooperation and support for the International Campaign "16 active days against violence and violence against women."

In Batumi, in the office of the NGO “Center for Education, Development and Employment”, a regular meeting of members of the Women's Coalition "Woman and Peace" was held: Cultural-Humanitarian Fund “Sukhumi”, (Kutaisi, Imereti), Teachers’ Union “Education and Universe” (Kutaisi, Imereti), Fund of Women Entrepreneurs (Kutaisi, Imereti), Women's Club (Khoni, Imereti), IDP Women’s movement “Imedi” (Zugdidi, Samegrelo), Association “Mercury” (Zugdidi, Samegrelo), Education and Development Center “Toliskuri” (Khobi, Samegrelo), Women civil association (Ozurgeti, Guria), Center of Education and Equality (Ozurgeti, Guria), Batumi Center for Education, Development and Employment (Batumi, Adjara).

The main goal of the Coalition is to promote the culture of Peace.

The meeting discussed the organizational issues of planned activities; presentation of financial and narrative reports, also there was elaborated a concrete plan of conducting public meetings for each organization and other issues.

It was decided: to increase the recognition of the coalition, to develop a special logo; to create a “closed group” on Facebook, and also to actively post information materials about the work of the coalition.

According to the proposals of the coalition members, amendments have been made to the Regulation of the Coalition "Woman and Peace". Specific topics and dates were defined for conducting meetings with society by the coalition members in frames of the project.

In November, focus groups were held in the municipalities of Senaki and Tskaltubo, with school teachers, also an in-depth interview was held with the psychologist and the representative of mandatory service. Mandators are the people who keep order in school).

The meetings revealed that teachers mention an important role of mandators, and believe that this is one of the basis in the process of preventing and eradicating violence.

The meetings took place in frames of the monitoring of the “Law of Georgia on the Elimination of Domestic Violence / Violence Against Women, Protection and Assistance to the Victim”.

On November 15, a meeting with civil society was held in the village Lia (Tsalenjikha municipality). The meeting was attended by directors and teachers of schools ofthe villages Chkhoushi, Pakhulani, as well as by women activists. Representatives of the Fund "Sukhumi" familiarized the audience with the Resolution 1325 of the UN Security Council and the National Action Plan for 2018-2020. The purpose of the working meeting was to identify local problems related to border villages and the ways of solution for inclusion in the action plan of gender equality and local municipal programs.

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 The UN Security Council and activation of dialogue and the participation of women, including the most marginalized ones, in these processes”.

The project is 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).

The project is supported by US State Department and UN Women Organization