Open Door Grants Program 2018
Women’s Fund in Georgia issued 9 grants within the Open Door Grants program 2018.
These projects are:
1. Applicant: Ana Bakanidze
Project title: Feministic aspects in Georgian print media of XIX-XX centuries
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 5 months
Budget: 2340 USD
Project aims to study feministic aspects of XIX century and gather interesting articles in one book.
2. Applicant: Luiza Lapheradze
Project title: Personal Exhibition of Luiza Lapheradze
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 1 month
Budget: 2500 USD
Project aimed to create artworks for exhibition-exposition and space for dialogue between the artist and audience of the exhibition.
3. Applicant: For Rights and Education
Project title: Training series for Kutaisi gender consultation council on women’s rights, LGBT community and women with disabilities.
Region: Kutaisi
Duration: 3 months
Budget: 2238 USD
Project aims to hold trainings for the members of Kutaisi gender consultation council on women’s rights, LGBT community and women with disabilities. Participants will receive information on legislative regulations, competencies of local self governments, etc.
4. Applicant: Social Traffic Lights
Project title: A woman was going down the road
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 6 months
Budget: 2500 USD
Project aims to create educational resource that will highlight historical role and merit of women and will also underline the challenges that women have to face since antique period till now.
5. Applicant: Cactus
Project title: Raising awareness on the results of mastectomy
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 4 months
Budget: 2500 USD
Project is related to very intimate and important topic: numbing of the breasts and mastectomy, breast cancer and plastic surgery. The research, conducted within the frames of the project will study whether patients have enough information about their condition or not.
6. Applicant: Aia Beraia
Project title: Article for Eastern European scientific journal Feminist Critique
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 2 months
Budget: 330 USD
Project will promote the author of thesis Nationalism and Hegemonic Masculinity in Post Soviet Georgia to write scientific article for scientific journal based on above mentioned thesis
7. Applicant: Dina Oganova, Salome Benidze
Project title: (S)hero(es) Photo book and exhibition
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 9 months
Budget: 2500 USD
“(S)hero(es)” will underline women’s role in peace building and reveal unknown stories of war.
8. Applicant: Anti-Violence Network of Georgia
Project title: Beyond the Shelter
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 3 months
Budget: 20595 GEL
Campaign aimed to support women living in the Anti-Violence Network of Georgia’s Shelter/crisis center for the victims of violence, mothers and children. With the funds mobilized through the event the kitchen of the shelter has been equipped and women are already involved in culinary course to gain professional skills necessary for employment in and beyond the shelter.
9. Applicant: Maka Kiladze
Project title: Lucky Mom
Region: Tbilisi
Duration: 4 months
Budget: 658.60 Euros
Women’s Fund in Georgia financially supported Maka Kiladze exhibition Lucky Momon Tbilisi Third International Triennale
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Awarded Grants