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The WIC hosted young leaders from the city of Dushanbe
2023-05-19 15:36:46

On May 3, the Women's Information Center (WIC) hosted young leaders from the city of Dushanbe, who are on a study visit in Georgia within the framework of the program  "Women's Political and Public Participation" program implemented by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

The meeting aimed to share the experience of the Georgian civil sector in the direction of gender equality – existing challenges and achieved results.

Within the framework of the study visit, WIC Director, Elene Rusetskaya spoke about such topics as working practices at local, regional, and international levels, legislative changes initiated by the WIC team, best practices, needs of women and girls living in rural areas, women's economic empowerment and others.

The final part of the meeting took place in a question-and-answer mode - the participants received answers to interesting and important questions for them and expressed their desire for future cooperation.

It is worth noting that the study tour continues. To gain diverse experiences and better see the full picture, the project participants, organized by the WIC, will visit the Gender Equality Council in Khashuri Municipality, and the Civil Equality Platform in the Bolnisi municipality, which is the NGO that works on empowering women and girls representatives of ethnic minorities living in rural areas.

We take great pride in announcing that WIC from Georgia has been bestowed with the esteemed CAREC PROGRAM Gender Award—CAREC GENDER CHAMPIONS 2023. Certainly, it is noteworthy that women's organizations from various countries around the world were nominated for this prestigious award

On July 26, 2019, representatives of the Women's Information Center organized a focus group in Kobuleti Municipality that included local leaders and women entrepreneurs who use / do not use the Women's Room Service.The purpose of the focus group was to evaluate the use of women's room services in the municipality for effective planning of further work.

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