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Within the framework of the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence meetings were held in the collective centres of Poti: former hotel "Aieti”, 8 and 8a Eliada St., Training centre, 59 Gorgasali St., 3 Tabidze St.

Participants of the meeting were provided with the information about the current campaign and the IANSA network which is the organizer of the campaign.

Almost all the participants of the meetings have gone through difficult days of the war in Abkhazia. They know the pain caused by the loss of relatives, friends and family members.

Women made a protest against gun violence.

-                    We don’t want to live in a violent society. We want peaceful future for our children and families.  

The format of anonymous radio monologues gives the opportunity to hear the dramatic stories of women who have spent their lives in such a way that they had not even thought about what it would be more correct to find a way out than to live with a husband-violator with the constant sense of impending doom.

A sense of inferiority, failed career and personal life, bad health – all these are the cost for a patient, which accompanies the cycle of physical, economic, and psychological violence.

These stories are different from previous ones because they are told by relatives of women-victims of violence, but not by the victims themselves. They still do not realize the drama of their situation. This underlines once again how difficult it is for them to analyze the situation and to adequately assess the reality.

Unfortunately there are many such women...

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