Samegrelo. The International Foundation for Electoral Systems has held a meeting on December 14 in Zugdidi on the issues of gender equality and activation of women in political processes, with participation of representatives of NGOs, political parties, local authorities and media.The Manager of the IFES Gender and Awareness Project Lado Mkervalishvili stated that one of the gender-associated problems in Georgia is the fact that often women themselves do not express solidarity towards each other.The EU representative from Sweden attending the meeting has told the audience that in his country women are employed in public service in the same numbers as men, but on relatively lower positions. "Sweden may be an example for Georgia, but we are far from perfection", – explained the EU representative.