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"Samgurali”, "Medea”, "Geolog” – these are collective centres where Fund "Sukhumi” conducted informational meetings to provide women IDPs with the information about changes in Election legislation, Law about local self government and the gender situation in Georgia and other countries.

Participants of the meetings had nihilist attitude to elections. The issue of IDP’s housing still remains unsolved. That’s why IDPs are irritated and aggressive.

At examples of Georgia and foreign countries participants acquainted with data on gender situation and experiences of women’s movements.

The most interesting for them was the information about structure and functions of the local self-government. They mentioned with regret there was no woman participating in the local self government elections in Tskhaltubo. They explained this with the fact that clever and educated women went abroad to find jobs. That’s why it is necessary to support women, provide their social protection that they could realize their possibilities in their country.

The project is implemented with the support of international organization Conciliation Resources (Great Britain).