EMC lawyers met with population of Khulo Municipality

On August 24 - 25, EMC with USAID/PROLoG support organized a mobile clinic for religious minorities in Khulo and Ghorjomi.  The goal of the visit was to provide free legal aid and identify problems faced by the community. 

In the framework of USAID/PROLoG funded project, EMC established mobile legal clinic with a full time lawyer working to improve rights and conditions of religious minorities living in mountainous Adjara. The group of lawyers from Tbilisi along with the lawyer based locally organized information sharing session / training for the women living in Khulo on the rights of women and issues of domestic violence and offered legal advice to the local population.  During the information meeting, up to 15 women participated in the meeting and were informed about the essence of domestic, the rights a victim of domestic violence has and existing protection mechanisms.

The local population applied for legal advice on matters of violence and discrimination based on gender and religion as well as process of registration of agricultural lands. The participants of the meetings highlighted the existing social problems and lack of access to different resources and services in Khulo.