The long term project “It’s All About Solidarity” (2019-1-BG01-KA205-062198) – Strategic Partnerships for Youth – Key Action 2 funded by the Human Resources Development Center under the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission started in August 2019.
The project is coordinated by the International Foundation for Y-PEER Development, Bulgaria, with partner […]
NCPHA Bulgaria and the International Institute for Youth Development PETRI – Sofia designed an Online Manual “Role of Young People in Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, and Violent Extremism Prevention” as part of PETRI’s Annual Work Plan for 2017, funded by UNFPA EECARO.
The online manual contains video stories of young people and adolescents […]
1.ANNA aims to include local communities in its initiatives to prevent violence against women. Can you talk about what this involvement looks like?
There are several levels of involvement. At this stage educational campaign to promote women’s rights and reduce violence against women operates at two levels: (a) societal and (b) […]
On the 26th of July, 2017, Russian human rights defender and SRHR activist, Evdokia Romanova, received a phone call from a police officer who asked her to come to her local police station in Samara to submit a witness testimony. Evdokia did not recognise the name of the person for […]
Based on the guide
Using family as a frame in social justice activism: A guide for activists and funders in Europe
Available free from www.reclaimingfamilyvalues.eu
The debate on family has been filled by conservative culture warriors, fetishizing a fictional time when a family was understood as a male […]
By Melissa Garcia, Technical Adviser,
International Consortium for Emergency Contraception
Cristina Puig Borrás, Coordinator,
European Consortium for Emergency Contraception
There is the growing recognition that as agents of change, adolescents […]
Following the third consecutive banning of the Istanbul Pride Parade, and the subsequent use of tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse those who defied the ban and continued to march, we decided to speak to Ritsa, a young LGBTQI+ activist living in Istanbul, who is only too aware of […]
By Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) we mean:
‘the right of all individuals to make decisions concerning their sexual activity and reproduction free from discrimination, coercion, and violence.’[1]
SRHR are interlinked with many other fundamental human rights, for example:
The Right to Health
Health is recognised as a human right […]
Did you know?
that there is no country in the world where women’s participation in the work force is equal to that of men’s.
According to the Global Gender Gap Report, at the current rate of progress, economic equality between men and women will not be achieved for another 170 years.[…]
On the 11th of June, 2013, the ‘gay propaganda law’ was passed in Russia, thereby making it a criminal offense to distribute ‘propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships among minors.’[1] At this time, Soldado Kowalisidi was living in Siberia, having recently moved there from Kazakhstan.
It was in Siberia, where […]
