Participants of the study session “Youth Against Online Discrimination” currently taking place in Strasbourg, France, are joining the global protest against further restrictions to the anti-abortion law and another reading of the “Stop Abortion” bill.

This week Poland’s parliament is debating a new draft bill entitled “Stop Abortion.” If adopted, this legislation will further limit the already restricted grounds on which women can lawfully access abortion in Poland. It will place women’s health and lives at risk and violate Poland’s international human rights obligations.

If the “Stop Abortion” bill is passed it will mean that abortion care will no longer be available to women in Poland when they receive a diagnosis of a severe or fatal fetal anomaly.

Yuliya Andzhekarska representing International Institute for Youth Development PETRI – Sofia and Sargis Ghazaryan International Coordinator of Y-PEER Network are attending the study session on Youth Against Online Discrimination.

The study session is being organized by the YSAFE network in partnership with IGLYO and the Digital Leadership Institute, the session is taking place from 19^{th –} 23rd March 2018, in the European Youth Center-Strasbourg, France.

The Study Session is held in cooperation with the Youth Department of the Council of Europe and its purpose is to bring 20 young SRHR activists together to help you better identify and address online discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. The session will increase participants’ knowledge on intersectionality and how it can serve as a tool to understand discrimination. They will learn from each other’s experiences as activists in their own countries and gain knowledge on how to adequately translate and tackle various forms of online discrimination.

SheDecides was born when global leaders banded together to defend the fundamental rights of girls and women to decide what they do with their bodies – and their lives. Because, when She Decides, the world is better stronger, safer.  One year on, we are calling on Champions, Friends – and anybody who thinks that girls and women should be free – to stand up, to speak out and to take action to promote a new normal where SheDecides – every day, everywhere.