The initiatives planned for the beginning of the year, which imply an improvement in the level of human security, were successfully implemented by the Women's Initiative Group. Monitoring showed that, in cooperation with the local authorities, there has been advocacy of 4 problems.

At this stage, actively considered the initiative set by the group to build a new public square in the city. According to the answer, which came from the administration of the municipality, the necessary amount will be taken into account in the next year's budget. The members of the group are actively involved in advocating the process, and will monitor the solution of the long-term problem. According to internal monitoring, it turns out that the image of the initiative group has increased - this is expressed by the growing appeal of citizens to it.

The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna,

 women’s Foundation (Sweden)

Khoni Women initiative group of the Fund "Sukhumi" received a plasma TV from the donor organization "Orbeliani Sakartvelo". According the project, on the basis of the Khoni Children's Library a teenagers club "Gender eyeglasses" was created. Members of the club will meet monthly, films will be shown and discussions will be held with a gender perspective. It is planned to invite successful women and other activities.

This idea appeared at one of the meetings of the Women Initiative Group, which was then continued by the search for donors and the development of the project. According to the members of the group, informing adolescents on gender issues in this format will significantly reduce the risk of violence against women in society and will promote the introduction of gender equality.

Information about the work of Khoni Women Initiative Group is printed in the monthly newspaper "Khoni" - such a message was announced by the moderator of the initiative group.

At the meeting, they talked about the process of advocacy.

- Official replies to the letters sent to the local government have already been received. One question concerns the pedestrian crossing “zebra”, and the second one concerns the construction of a new public garden in the city. Both issues are very important for the safety of citizens. Local authorities are ready to consider and support these initiatives, "the moderator noted.

Kutaisi Women's Initiative Group monitors the process of advocacy of long-term problems, the solution of which requires certain terms.

Citizens are actively involved in the process, whose interests include the positive resolution of issues. Monitoring revealed that it is necessary to make changes in the action plan: the search for new allies, new recipients for the effective completion of advocacy.

With the help of an initiative group, which communicated with representatives of different structures via phone, it became possible to solve several social problems.