Commitment title:

Support empowerment of young people, especially of adolescent girls by promotion of gender equality, male engagement and zero tolerance towards violence against women and girls.

Commitment description:

FC Locomotive Tbilisi will promote & actively participate in the national campaign MenCare Georgia to support achieving gender equality and prevention of violence and harmful practices against women and girls; together with the Locomotive Academy, support girl’s empowerment through promoting Girl’s Football by opening mixed groups for boys and girls of age 6-12 and preparing girls for professional football; offering at least two scholarships for girls per year at the Academy.

Mode of engagement:
  • Programmatic action
    By 2021, host 12 Men Talking to Men trainings to promote Gender Equality and Equal Parenting among the players and staff members; 4 Peer to Peer Education trainings for students & young players on healthy lifestyle and SRHR issues.
Commitment to be actioned in: Georgia
Submitted from: Georgia
Submitted by
FC Locomotive Tbilisi
Thematic area
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Commitment category

(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.