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Ozurgeti Gender Advisory Council (GAC), among those, created by the fund “Sukhumi”, was the first to start promotion of gender policy in the region.

For last year the GAC elaborated and local Sakrebulo together with the fund “Sukhumi” financed the project “Youth – for assistance of gender policy”.

The project comes to its end and soon the youth forum is planned.

It was the issue of ordinary meeting of Ozurgeti GAC. Participants approved the plan of gender policy, which will be submitted to Sakrebulo for discussion.

Chairperson of the GAC – Lela Natsvaladze mentioned that local self-government actively supports initiatives draftedin gender policy plan and several projects, submitted by the GAC are ready for financing.

At the end of the meeting, members of Ozurgeti GAC expressed support of the action of the Ministry of Healthcare and government of Georgia “STOP C”, which started with the aim of prevention from hepatitis. 

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality