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“Advocacy and public campaigns” – this was the issue of the third training of the leader girls’ school, which was held on October 17-19 n Batumi. The topic of the training was too interesting for the participants.

The girls strengthened theory by practical exercises, drafted activities against violence regarding women in frames of 16 day international informational campaign. They discussed the issues for round tables in Kutaisi, tskaltubo, khoni, Senaki, Poti and Zugdidi.

Besides, the girls met the chairperson of Batumi gender advisory council and his deputy. Leader women shared their experience to the girls and gave them advices.

The members of the leader girls’ school evaluated the training as the most interesting, useful and fruitful.

The TV story in the air of TV Company “Rioni” reflects the changes, connected with realization of gender issues in the local government. By the declaration of Sakrebulo chairperson, he is a member of the GAC and together with the colleagues; he will try to maximally envisage recommendations, elaborated by the council in the future budget, though he recognizes that it is impossible to solve all problems in frames of one project. “Sakrebulo is ready to answer the order of GAC and discuss the issues in the gender prism”.

The conversation touched the issue of elaboration of local gender policy, which is actively carried out by the council.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality