Fund "Sukhumi" starts a new project "Contribution to IDP women’s integration in local society through their involvement monitoring of local self-government activities". The project is supported by the U.S. Embassy in Georgia.
The project objective is the mobilization of women IDPs and their integration into the local community through monitoring of gender policies of the local self-government in Imereti region.
On the 29th of October there was carried out a presentation of the new project, which was attended by women leaders, activists, actors involved in the project, representatives of governmental and nongovernmental agencies.
The presentation was attended by the guests from the US Embassy in Georgia: Kent Logsdon - Deputy Chief of Mission, Cynthia Whittlesey - Public Affairs Officer, Sophie Bzishvili - Representative of Public Affairs Section.
Speakers talked about the goals and objectives of the project, about planned activities, the success that may come from this project and how it will contribute to the mobilization of women IDPs and their integration into the local community.
The project is financed with the support of the U.S. Embassy Democracy Commission Small Grant Program. |