Considering the upcoming local government elections in October 2017, EWMI ACCESS announced the Citizen Outreach Grants Program for Georgian Civil Society Organizations (CSO). The program was focused on bringing women voters’ needs to the attention of political parties and election candidates, and contributing to the formation of a female voter constituency.

In total 35 project proposals were submitted under this call, out of which 5 projects were selected for funding. The Levan Mikeladze Foundation was among them. 

The goal of this project is to support women voters in Akhaltsikhe, Akhalkalaki and Marneuli municipalities to form a female constituency in the run of to the regional elections in fall 2017 and empower them to become active citizens.The project will pay particular attention to the ethnic-minority women.