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Three meetings with the participation of 44 young women – residents of Imereti were held in March. The common theme "International legal documents concerning women’s rights” was discussed at the meetings.

16.03.12 – Khoni. Nine young women of the twelve were newcomer participants. They learnt about the meetings from their friends and wanted to become as active as they are. Nino Aslamazishvili: "We want to be more educated, socially active, and know more about our rights".

20.03.12 – Kutaisi. Twelve students gathered at the meeting. Seven of them were newcomer participants. One of them, Marietta Kobalia, said at the end of the meeting: "I could not imagine that such topics were discussed in NGOs. Such meetings are informative and useful”.

21.03.12 – Tskhaltubo. There were fourteen young women - participants. Nine of them found out about these meetings from their peers and from the journal "Women’s Voice” and therefore decided to be involved in this activity.

"I did not think that International law protects women’s rights ", - said Lika Bendeliani.

The issues and problems raised at the meetings were interesting for the participants. At the end of the meetings they were given information leaflets.

The project is implemented with the support of the organization EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst.