Organisation’s activity:

* Woman and gender equality * Woman and peacebuilding * Woman and non-violent society * Work with youth

Who we are:

We are a group of women- internally displaced people (IDPs) who come together to establish a women’s non-governmental organisation in Kutaisi, Western Georgia in October, 1997. Our group was created after the Georgian population had to flee Abkhazia as a result of the armed conflict in 1992-1993.

Our organisational mission:

Development of women’s activity through educational, legal, economic, social, cultural activities to increase women’s role in building a democratic society in Georgia, in the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Abkhazia, and achieving economic independence
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Khoni municipality; meeting with Gender Equality Council

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Topic of the meeting – “Gender mainstreaming in municipalities”.

Fund “Sukhumi” presented a guidance for local government elaborated in the frames of the project. Attendees talked about gender practice and policy of the municipality and learnt about other municipalities’ experience. They emphasized the deficiency of experience in terms of needs assessment and monitoring as well as creation of a database and discussed solutions.

Participants of the meeting were acquainted with the draft of the Gender Equality Action Plan of Khoni. It will be reviewed by the next meeting, and submitted to Sakrebulo for approval.

The meeting was held in the frames of the project “Learning from the experience of Visegrad 4 to advocate for equal, inclusive and democratic local governance".

The project is implemented with the support of the Visegrad Fund and the Kingdom of the Netherlands