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Meeting of the Club of Women-Voters held in Batumi in the New Year of 2010, started with the pleasant news – leader of the Club, Inga Mebonia was recognized as the best radio journalist, and an active member of the Club, Tsitso Chkheidze, as the best radio producer of Year in Adjara. After expressing their congratulations members of the Club started active work. Participants of the Club were showed the film of Fund "Sukhumi” – "Complicated choice – woman in politics”. After watching the film there was carried out active discussion. In participants opinion the film was interesting because, its heroines answer many important questions: Why should women come to politics? How far difficult it is for women to come to politics? During the discussion they stressed necessity of women’s participation in the forthcoming local self government elections. There were initiated future plans: Members of the Club think that the year 2010 should be especially active. It was emphasized that it is necessary to cooperate with different political parties to reveal women-candidates and change gender situation during future local self government elections.

Meetings planned to be held by Fund "Sukhumi” with political parties in January are aimed at getting of information about preparation of parties to local self-governmental elections and promotion of inclusion of more women in election lists. A regular meeting was held in Batumi branch of the Republican party of Georgia. Leader of the party, Murman Dumbadze, told about political activeness of women-members of their parties at the local level and future plans on the preparation to elections. In his words women – members of their party show special activeness not only in pre-election period, but also making specific decisions. Representatives of parties think that the principle of gender equality is adhered in their party and accordingly they don’t support quota system. They make election lists based on professionalism, leader qualities and high educational level. At the meeting there was emphasized the importance of cooperation between women- members of the party and Club of Women-Voters of Fund "Sukhumi”. There was initiated participation of the party members in the future meetings of the Club.