Conference of Russian and Georgian women-peacemakers in Tbilisi.
December 4-6, Tbilisi.
Meeting of Russian and Georgian women-peacemakers was held in Tbilisi on December 4-6, 2009. In the meeting participated ten women from different region of Russia and ten women from different regions of Georgia. Among them there were – activists of NGOs and journalists of the two countries who took the function of establishing dialogue between two nations based on the values common of all mankind and traditional peace co-existence of Russia and Georgia. The Conference was organized by women’s non-governmental organizations – Cultural-Humanitarian Fund "Sukhumi” (Georgia) and Regional public organization "The Union of Don Women” (Russia) with the financial support of the Swedish Women’s Foundation Kvinna Till Kvinna. This was the first meeting of women – representatives of civil society organized in Georgia since the war in August 2008. Participants of the meeting discussed possible ways for establishing contacts and good neighborly relations between Russia and Georgia in the complicated conditions of political confrontation of the two countries. According to the common opinion now it is necessary to overcome "image of enemy”, build humanitarian relations despite the political situation. Participants decided that it is impossible to forget all good which connected Russia and Georgia during the joint history. And today there should be found points of contact of the two nations. Women-peacemakers decided that they should establish cooperation in several directions: - work in the sphere of culture, - journalistic exchange programmes, - economics, - education, - youth’s policy. At the conference there was elaborated a specific Action Plan which will become the basis for further peacemaking process. Women agreed to meet regularly in the future and work on concrete humanitarian projects in Russia and Georgia.
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