Promoting IDPs' and Women's Voices in Post-Conflict Georgia

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‣ Continue to support and expand local level IDP mobilization efforts(Intermediate Term)International donors and INGOs should continue to contribute to local level mobilization efforts,complementing and expanding on earlier related work by organizations such as the Danish RefugeeCouncil and the Norwegian Refugee Council. These efforts should target IDPs in settlements, collectivecenters and private accommodations, as they all have particular needs and different levels ofengagement with stakeholders representing their needs and interests. Organizations such as DRC, NRCand CARE could lead these efforts, building off of their earlier experiences with community mobilization.Existing local mobilization efforts should receive more consistent and robust donor funding. IDP issuesare still important in Georgia, especially with ongoing resettlement processes in addition to effortspromoting integration and return. Mobilization programs directly involving IDPs can help themovercome confounding factors that have held them back from political participation. Theseopportunities can also support their ability to advocate for improvement of their lives and the generalconditions and livelihoods of their communities, thereby addressing their marginalization in Georgiansociety. Working with local populations as well, they can also support IDPs’ integration.‣ Support existing associations of IDP NGOs and promote cooperation among these organizations(Intermediate to Long-Term)Networks of IDP NGOs have lacked longer-term sustainability and effectiveness, highlighting a generalneed for improving NGO cooperation. The international community should foster regular meetings andworkshops with these NGOs to explore avenues of cooperation between them and the sharing of bestpractices. More frequent interactions can create new opportunities for joint projects and programming.Closer collaboration can also facilitate the strengthening of current networks and the creations of newones. The Synergy Network is an NGO network that should be supported and more NGOs should bemade aware of the activities of this network and its members. This effort could increase both itsmembership and enable Synergy to become more influential on IDP issues at the national policy level.101
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IDP COMMUNITIES AND NGOS‣ Strengthen community organizing for IDPs to participate in politics (Immediate to IntermediateTerm)IDP NGOs should continue and expand social mobilization efforts around IDPs specific needs andinterests in their communities, while at the same time purposefully making connections with IDP NGOSand communities in other municipalities and regions to establish a network to facilitate shared learningand cooperation. Once established, this network can attempt to address wider issues of IDPparticipation, providing a forum for IDPs to choose whether or not they think it appropriate or desirableto embark on more broad-based national advocacy campaigns.Given conflicting issues with IDP identity, IDP NGOs should engage IDPs in broad discussions about thevalue, relevance, and opportunities for promoting a national identity-based movement as opposed tofocusing on individual needs and interests at the local level. This effort should also include a discussionregarding the role of local populations in these efforts and ways in which IDPs can promote connectionswith other members of their communities.The network should consider calling on and capitalizing on the resources and abilities of a wide range ofIDPs, including those who already hold positions of influence in society, which they can leverage topromote IDP interests at the national level. This nationwide campaign of community organizing thatcould first target IDP collective centers and then expand to include IDPs in private accommodations whomay initially be harder to reach. Such a project would require financial support and capacity buildingfrom international donors, and perhaps the Government, which could participate as well through theinvolvement of the MRA.‣ Support capacity building for IDPs to participate in politics (Immediate to Intermediate Term)NGOs should build on efforts to conduct workshops and trainings for IDPs that promote their capacity toengage in public life. Leadership and public speaking trainings, for example, could be modeled on effortsto promote women’s political participation while taking a gender-sensitive approach that addressesboth women’s and men’s participation. NGOs should also engage in broader efforts and learning aroundcommunity building. Immediate quantifiable outputs are important, but this programming can alsosignificantly benefit from a long-term perspective. This should assess the overall effectiveness andsustainability of political skills-building in promoting IDP fellowship and self-esteem, with an ultimateimpact of increasing participation and improving governance.102
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CONTENTSAcronyms and Abbreviations
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYInternally displac
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THE WOMEN’S POLITICAL RESOURCE CE
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fair reporting on politically sensi
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people-to-people diplomacy efforts
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and the Guiding Principles, in Febr
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an effort to address these stereoty
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The identities, perceptions, and re
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even IDPs themselves. The HRBA seek
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Karaleti settlement, and Potskho-Et
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displacement differently, with men
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on an equal footing with men in for
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The Ministry for Internally Displac
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Defender’s Office) and leave no r
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prominent national level IDP NGO wo
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in the past but none have yet to be
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Grassroots Peacebuilding EffortsCiv
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esettlement and local integration h
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ability to contribute to the new Ac
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Women convened a working group to a
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were involved, in addition to “wo
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towards addressing this population
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waves. 224 A Conciliation Resources
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governing shelter requirements. 238
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Page 118 and 119: Lanskoy, Miriam and Giorgi Areshidz
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