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“Assessment of cases of violence in children with intellectual disabilities and specialized therapeutic support”

Training on the topic: Assessment of cases of violence in children with intellectual disabilities and specialized therapeutic support” 🔹 Clinical psychologist, expert in the field of violence, sexual abuse and trauma in people with intellectual disabilities from the Netherlands, Ms. Aafke Skharlo led a 4-day training in Tbilisi on the topic “Assessment of cases of violence in children with intellectual disabilities and specialized therapeutic support”. 🔹 The training was organized within the framework of the project “Breaking down Barriers”, which is implemented by the Intrenatoonal…

“Start to Talk” campaign launch in Georgia

Sexual abuse of a child in sports is an issue, which requires our attention. Sexual abuse may happen in or outside of domestic setting. Violence also takes place in sports. Victims of sexual harassment and sexual abuse in sports can be children of any age, both girls and boys. It is difficult for children to talk…

World Refugee Day 20 June

World Refugee Day 20 June Nearly 80 million women, children and men around the world have been forced from their homes as refugees or internally displaced people. There are around 1500 refugees and 259 247 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Georgia uprooted from their homes in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region. On…

Your Health is Your Right!

The Public Health Foundation of Georgia, in the framework of the EU-funded project "Promotion of a human right to health of the conflict-affected populations in Georgia" and as a part of project’s awareness raising campaign has produced a video in Georgian and Abkhazian languages on the protection of a fundamental…

Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) – prevention, identification and response

Training on CAN prevention, identification and response was conducted by a multidisciplinary team of the Public Health Foundation of Georgia (PHF) on December 9-11 for the social workers and the psychologists of the Social Care Agency of Tbilisi Municipality. The main goal of the training was to improve knowledge and…