Nobody is surprised by the actions of Fund "Sukhumi", since we
express protest against violence against women in such a manner for more than
10 years.
Kutaisi
At 2 p.m. participants
of the action – members of Fund "Sukhumi”, Fund of Women-Entrepreneurs,
representatives of partner NGOs, activists of Youth Centre, actors of school
forum-theatres, journalists were standing near the Mayor’s office of Kutaisi.
There were more
slogans than in previous years, but the special attention was drawn to one of
them: "Over the past few months
seven women were killed in Western Georgia as a result of violence!
According to the UN,
every third woman in the world is a victim of violence!
SOS – violence is beside
us!
By tradition action
was held in silent.
In parallel there
were distributed leaflets, white ribbons and there were recorded television and
radio interviews.
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Khurcha
40 persons –
activists of the Women Support and Youth Centres gathered at the action in
Khurcha.
For the people who
were brought together near to Abkhazia the main slogan of the campaign "From
Peace in the Home to Peace in the World!” has become especially important.
Participants of the
action send a peaceful message to the residents of Abkhazia and the whole
world.
Poti
Together against
violence gathered activists of Fund "Sukhumi" at the action in Poti.
They were joined by representatives of the Gender Network of Samegrelo,
teachers and journalists.
The action will be
covered in online television "Free
Word".
http://tspress.ge/ka/site/articles/15059/
Senaki
A crowded action took
place in Senaki. The protest against violence against women brought together
representatives of different spheres: Municipality Council and Board, the Red
Cross Society, medical workers, city cleaning service, non-governmental
organizations, journalists, representatives of urban schools and schools of the
resort Mendji.
The action drew
attention of the whole city through many supporters and relevant slogans.
Tskhaltubo
By tradition the
action began in the central park of the city. Then the action participants
moved to the Sports Palace, where was held a flash mob.
Participants of two
events united – they declared about the campaign and distributed leaflets, calendars,
and posters.
Participants of the
flashmob continued their performance with white ribbons.
Khoni
Here, in the central
square of the city gathered about 40 persons, including young women and men.
Slogans and different
materials informed population of the city about the campaign.
Participants of the
action divided into groups and distributed dozens of leaflets in shops, banks,
and markets. |