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On the initiative of the President of Georgia, 2015 was announced as a year of women, which means that changes must happen in state as well as in local policy to make the women more protected, stronger socially and economically. This decision was leaded by quite hard condition of the women in direction of women’s political and economical involvement, parliament and local elections, finished with minimal result, hard reality, existing in direction of women’s gender violence protection. As it was mentioned by the president the problem should appear in attention of society.

How do the public organizations evaluate existing challenges, what kind of efforts should the state and society take?

Members of Kutaisi Gender Advisory Council, representatives of the fund “Sukhumi” share their opinions regarding these issues, they define spheres, where the women mostly need protection and strengthening.

The weekly program of the TV Company “Rioni” – “7 Days”, presents an interesting story regarding this issue.

The project is implemented with the support

 of the UN Women’s Fund for Gender Equality