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On May 6-8, Swedish women’s organzation  Kvinna till Kvinna organized the conference in Montenegro on the topic "reaching out to make change”, for the women represenatives of Balkans women’s organization and the women from the Middle East, Southern Caucasus and Liberia.   

The main aim of the meeting was to discuss the challenges facing the women’s movement in the Balkans and the rest of the world, to make new contacts and exchange experience. The conversations also touched the issue of making room for the new generation of women’s rights activists.

The Ambassador of Liberia in South Africa, Lois Brutus made the impressive speech on her experience from the women’s movement in Liberia. She focused on the strategies that they used for making positive changes.

Interesting discussions were held on the issue of using the UN Security Resolution 1325 by the women movement. Many women expressed their disappointment over so little have been done for proper implementation of the resolution in practice. Sanam Anderlini, UN expert from Iran answered all questions of the participants. She will try to present their remarks at the 10^th anniversary event of the resolution, planned in October 2010.

Upon the end, the Secretary General of  Kvinna till Kvinna, Lea Ag sumnmed up the fulfilled acitivities during the conference.

Forum-theatre continues its trip to Guria, performance is showed in the Central park of Lanchkhuti.

With the support of the Youth’s Department of Lanchkhuti, diverse audience is gathering in the park: representatives of the local self-government of Lanchkhuti, journalists, teachers from different schools, pupils, curious passers-by.

-  How should we find the way out, where is the key to the problem solution, how can we help victims? –  actively involved in the problem discussion and offer different ways:

-  There should be shelters. Only there victims feel themselves protected.

-  Society should not be indifferent to the problem of violence, violator should not hope for anyone’s support.

-  We should never speak, this is not my business. No one knows how much victim needs support at this moment.

The performance is over. Discussions about the problem of violence don’t stop. They will be continued among separate persons and groups of people.

The same day performance was held in the school # 4 of Ozurgeti. Pupils and teachers understood the specific of the forum-theatre well. They changed roles with actors, and gave positive conclusion to each scenery. There they also continued discussions on how to fight with violence, how to find the way out.

By the end of the day microbus was driving to Kutaisi. Actors of the forum-theatre said farewell to Guria with the desire to meet again.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.