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The fund “Sukhumi” organized a meeting in the Parliament of Georgia, where the members of the representatives of Parliament Gender Equality Council met the members of Kutaisi, Ozurgeti, Senaki, Batumi Gender Advisory Councils. They talked about achievements and existing challenges. Both sides were actively involved in the discussion. Exchange of information and experience was held.

The meeting was summarized by the Chairpersons of Parliament Council and the Fund “Sukhumi”. Its importance by the side of gender equality local perspective was underlined. The chairpersons of the fund emphasized the issues, for solution of which it is important to have collaboration with the Parliament Council and elaboration of joint strategy.

The head of Parliament Gender Equality Council, vice-speaker of the Parliament – Manana Kobakhidze told that such meeting was the first precedent in Parliament and this fact is essential “I am glad to meet the people, who are close to the needs of the citizens. First of all we need a government for making people’s life better and allocate the budget correctly for this. It is very important to collaborate with you, as you can discuss existing problems and address the people, who can solve them”.

It was decided that the following meetings will be more thematic, and it will be the beginning of deep discussion of the issues and making concrete decisions.