Samtskhe-Javakheti. A meeting was held on December 7 in the Akhaltsikhe Civic Engagement Center to support the international 16-day campaign against gender violence. Organizations working on violence and the Akhaltsikhe residents, mainly women, have attended the meeting. The experts spoke about the statistics on violence and the film on domestic violence provided by NGO "House" and the advertising videos of hot line for abuse victims were shown.

The international 16-day campaign against gender violence dates back to 1991. It was founded at the initiative of the "Women's Global Leadership Center". November 25 is selected as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and December 10 - as the International Human Rights Day. Thus, the combination of these two dates symbolically underlines the link between gender violence and human rights violations. Worldwide campaign includes various activities against gender violence.