Second workshop took place on November 26-28, 1999 in Likani, Georgia. The workshop brought together twenty six women from grass-roots organizations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Chechnya and trainers from Poland, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and the United States. (Click on the photo for a larger view)

Our trainers (from left): Urszula Doroszewska (IDEE Warsaw), Dilara Seyitvila (The Teachers' Council in Bakchisaray, Ukraine), Muborak Tashpulatova (The Tashkent Public Education Center, Uzbekistan), and Heba El Shazli (AFL-CIO in Cairo, Egypt). (Click on the photo for a larger view)

 

After a day of hard work, participants came together for an evening of dance and friendship. (Click on the photo for a larger view)

 
 

Cross-border friendships are one of the lasting results of the workshop series. From left: Ivetta Rodonaya from Zugdidi, Georgia and Ainur Alekperova from Ganja, Azerbaijan.(Click on the photo for a larger view)