Whenever we think about mental health, our minds usually go to one of two conditions, anxiety or depression. While it’s true, these are both very common mental illnesses, it is a little-known fact that bipolar disorder is right up there alongside them.
Bipolar disorder is the 3rd most common mental illness […]
In a couple of weeks the person Alexandria is going to disappear. His passport might survive but he as a Bulgarian citizen will vanish into thin air. He, Alexandria, was born as a She, defined by his biological sex as a female. After Alexandria became a teenager, he realized that […]
Short history of the Abortion Law in Germany:
1871 The parliament of the German Reichstag passed §218 according to that abortion is prohibited and will be punished with imprisonment or financial penalty.
1927 Abortion is allowed if the life of the pregnant women is in danger.
1933 Under the N**i Regime abortion was […]
“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Martin Luther King
This iconic quote is part of the legendary “I have a […]
On 29th January, the EVS volunteers from Y-PEER PETRI-Sofia, Viktorija from Macedonia and Katrina from Austria, together with other EVS volunteers from Turkey, Italy and Spain participated at an event – intercultural afternoon organized by HESED – Health and Social Development Association.
The idea of this event was to give a […]
The shocking statistic that 1 in 4 people will suffer with mental health issues at one point in life is now fairly well-known, but not many people know how linked mental health issues can be to work. Workplace issues can bring on or exacerbate anxiety and depression most commonly but […]
Over the course of the last few years, an increasing amount of research has been done into the psychological effects of living with debt. Where a lot of people might have bottled up their emotions with regards to how debt was affecting them mentally, we are now being encouraged […]
LGBTI+ communities are one of the most underrepresented communities in the Balkan’s health, social, political and legal framework. This has also been confirmed by the latest Rainbow Europe report, an annual tool which ranks LGBTI+ equality laws and policies where Macedonia has been ranked 43rd out of 49 countries (ILGA-Europe, 2018).
Why, […]
Nowadays, we can see that there are many youth-led and youth-serving organizations working extensively on improving the lives of the young people across countries. These organizations, youth leaders, advocates, as well as state institutions are supporting and advocating in the field of youth civic engagement, youth participation in policy-making, youth […]
