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A regular meeting was held in Senaki Municipality Music school. The meeting was attended by Georgians as well as representatives of different national minoroties – teachers, students and their parents (they are integrated into local community, they speak Georgian fluently, though they still remember their native language).

In the school that was established in 1927, learn 250 students and work 37 staff members (of them 35 are women).

A head of the School Mrs. Rusudan Milyutina told about problems existing in the School – the hall, where lots of events take place, should be redecorated. Old musical instruments need to be repaired and there is only one computer in the school.

On the same day the aforementioned problems were discussed at the meeting of the Gender Advisory Council. Members of the GAC, including Senaki Municipality Council members, emphesized that they would contribute to the solution of these problems. 

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality

Senaki GAC gathered to conduct a regular meeting.

The Chairperson of Council announced information regarding gender situatuion in the city – mainly: the women, involved in small business, as it is seen, through informal information, 60% of the population, involved in small business are women.

The issue regarding violence against women was also raised.

- Despite of the fact that victims of the violence do not address legislative organs, this does not mean that problem does not exist in the city – mentioned Natalia Khubua - the chairperson of the GAC.

Council members agreed to learn the issue deeply and lobby to create concrete mechanisms for the protection of violence victims.

Council members were delivered a workshop on technics and methods of local gender needs assessment. All council members will be involved in this work, it will start on April, 1.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality