The Women’s Fund has been operating in Georgia since 2005 and its mission is to strengthen women’s organizations and groups in the center and regions for the realization of women’s rights, their full participation in public life, and self-realization.
We present the activities of the Women’s Fund in February 2023:
- In February, the employees of the Women’s Fund moved to a 4-day work week because the organization believes that the reduction of working days goes against the capitalist and patriarchal logic of work and the romanticization of exploitative practices. In addition, the foundation strives to introduce a work environment based on collective care to leave time and space for decent rest.
- In February, the Women’s Fund began publishing a series of videos on women’s labor rights. The main focus of the series is to highlight the benefits of an employee-friendly environment and showcase the various practices by which employers have addressed the needs of women employees. The videos published at this stage are related to menstrual leave and setting up a lactation room at the workplace.
- This year, the organization took a 1-year break for the Kato Mikeladze Award, to make changes and rebrand. Instead, the Women’s Fund decided to make short videos about all of the award winners, as the organization’s research revealed that Kato award supporters are interested in the winners and what they do for a living. That is why, every month, one person who owns a Kato award will briefly tell her/their story and will film the daily sections of their life. The organization has already prepared the first test video with Nata Talikishvili.
