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AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA (2002-2011) / LBT group Empowerment

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a. Capacity Building (2010, Urgant Action fund; Womens Fund in Georgia; COC Netherlands , 2011 Mama cash , GFW, 2012 Kvinna till Kvinna)

• Providing organisation with sufficient resources;

• Facilitation of professional growth of WISG staff working on the project ;

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b. Empowerment of community (2002, NEWW; 2004-05, GFW; 2007-2010 COC Netherlands , 2011 Mama cash, GFW, NEWW, 2012 Kvinna till Kvinna)

• Creating of the web‐site concerning sexual minority www.minority.ge in Georgian language (2002)

• Preparing of on‐line magazine for LGBT people in Georgia (2004-05)

• Gathering of LB women’s oral histories (2004‐05, 2007)

• Update and expand library about LB women, women in general and gender issues (2002, 2004, 2007-11)

• Trainings in project writing and management for LB community members (2008)

• Organizing of social event for the LBT women (2007, 2009, 2010)

• Creating and developing of web‐resource for LB women in Georgia www.lesbi.org.ge (2009-2011) PDF1

• Preparing of on‐line LBT newsletter  (2011) #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13

• Organizing of cycle of meetings for LB Women (2007‐2011):

2007 ‐ information awareness and rising of community members’ self‐esteem;

2008 ‐ strengthen LB community’s consciousness and promoted their integration into society PDF1; PDF2

2009 ‐ women to women empowerment PDF1; PDF2;

2010 – capacity building PDF;

2011 – Thematic meetings

• Supporting of community members iniciatives (2010):

-LBTheca –  self‐publishing house PDF1; PDF2;

-Creating of small working groups

• Reorganization, development and regular update of the web‐resources www.women.ge, www.minority.ge www.lesbi.org.ge for LBT women in Georgia (2010-11) ; web-statistic 2010 PDF

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c. Sexual and reproductive health and right (COC Netherlands, several activities were covered by our partner organization information-consultative centre Tanadgoma)

• Online consultations for LB women (2008)

• Training in sexual health and self‐advocacy skills ‐ summer school for LB women (2008)

• Elaboration and publication of information brochure on sexual and reproductive health and rights (2009);

• Selection and of sensitization friendly specialists on the necessity of specific knowledge and skills to work for LBT clients (2009) PDF1;

• Cycle of workshops on women’s health (2010) PDF1;

• Preparing, publish and dissemination booklets on breast health (2010);

• Individual, telephone and online consultations on HIV/AIDS and STI (2010);

• Individual consultations with psychologist and sexologist (2010);

• Prophylactic checkup for LB women with gynecologist (2010);

• Community motivation to participate in cervical and breast cancer and screening programme;

Monitoring of the counseling activities 2010 PDF

• Organising service proffesionals working meetings (2010);

• Studing of LBT community sexual and self-destructive behaviours (2010);

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d. Lobby and Advocacy (2004-05, GFW; Partner organisation; 2006 ILGA-Europe, 2011 Womens Fund in Georgia,) Open Society Georgia Foundation)

• Monitoring homophobic retoric in printing media 1998‐2003 (2004-05)

• Preparation of draft report on LGBT situation in Georgia on the request of UKLGIG (2005)

• Media-research: Representation of homosexuals/homosexuality in Georgian Media with the support of ILGA-Europe (2006)

• Media-research: Representation of sexual orientation/gender identity in Georgian media (2007-2010)with the support of  Womens Fund in Georgia (ongoing)

• Preparation of CEDAW shadow report concerning LBT woman’s situation in Georgia (2011)with the support of  Open Society Georgia Foundation

• Preparation and submission of concrete advocacy cases to local and international human rights institutions to foster further advocacy and litigation efforts (2010-12, covered by strategic partner HR NGO); Application to the European Court of Human Rights:  Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze v Georgia

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GENERAL (2000-2002)

Participation in European Meetings (Eastern and Western European Women) organized by Festival “East-West” in town Die, France; The representatives of our organisation participated in conducting of an assessment on the status of women in Georgia for CEDAW report organized by ABA-CEEL in Georgia.

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DOMESTIC VIOLANCE (2002)

Participation in one month’s action against family violence; Creating the member organizations database for the Coalition against Domestic Violence; Creating the database of Tbilisi organizations for developing network against domestic violence.

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