ShidaKartli. The civic club of ShidaKartli
has celebrated on November 19 the International Day on Prevention of Child
Abuse.
A conference was held in relation to this day in
the society "Biliki" (path). The contest - "No To Violence"
was announced in the ShidaKartli public schools participating in the Civic
Education and Teacher Training Program. 7 best topics were selected from the
submitted topics, which were presented at the conference.
At the conference the schoolchildren were
informed about:
- Why was the
International Day on Prevention of Child Abuse was founded;
- What is violence/abuse;
- Violence/abuse at home
and school.
Following
the presentation, the invited guests - psychologist, the lawyer of the Georgian
Young Lawyers' Association and the representatives of the Georgian Center for
Psychosocial and Medical Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and the National
Anti-Violence Network - have talked about the causes, forms, results of
violence and the ways for its elimination.
Second part of the meeting was allocated
to questions and answers. The guests answered the questions of interest to the
children, and afterwards one-minute videos on the topic of child abuse prepared
by the journalistic studio of society "Biliki" were shown, followed
by the discussion.