Biphobia in Macedonia: The Everyday Struggles of Bisexual People

Discussing LGBTQI rights in the conservative country that I live in will continue to “raise eyebrows” for a long time. The awareness campaigns of LGBTQI activists and NGOs have moved the barriers to some extent, but still, Macedonia has a long way to go before becoming LGBTQI friendly. […]

By | 2018-05-19T22:51:59+00:00 October 5th, 2017|Categories: Personal Stories|1 Comment

Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Armenia: A Gap in Knowledge, A Gap in Rights By Sargis Ghazarian, Focal Point in Charge of Armenia

The world is ours, and we are responsible for its development.

By ’we’, I am referring to the young people of today who are separated by geography, but united by  the  issues, goals and perspectives that they share together.

One of the issues that I see to be of enormous importance for […]

By | 2018-05-19T22:52:04+00:00 October 4th, 2017|Categories: Personal Stories|0 Comments

Current trends and challenges in the Romanian Non-governmental Sector

At the end of 2015 there were 45,500 NGOs in Romania. According to the national institute of statistics, 21% of them were active in the social/charitable sector, 19% in the sports field, 13% in education and about 6% in the health sector (1). NGOs in the […]

By | 2018-05-19T22:52:09+00:00 October 4th, 2017|Categories: Personal Stories|Tags: , |0 Comments

Defending Comprehensive Sexuality Education in the Era of Retrogression in Poland

Similarly to other post-communist countries, the anti-choice movement in Poland has been on a constant rise since the fall of the regime in 1989. With decreasing job security and increasing levels of women’s empowerment, the fertility levels have dropped heavily (changing from 2.06 in 1990 to 1.29 in […]

By | 2018-05-19T22:52:18+00:00 October 2nd, 2017|Categories: Personal Stories|Tags: , , |0 Comments

The Challenges of Being an SRHR Activist in Azerbaijan

By Saadat Abdullazada,

Y-PEER Azerbaijan Focal Point in Charge

 

Being a youth activist in Azerbaijan for several years, I have had the opportunity to work with many adolescents, youth groups, and different
stakeholders.  While generally, being an activist in a country […]

By | 2018-05-19T22:52:37+00:00 September 26th, 2017|Categories: Personal Stories|0 Comments