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Women from rural areas encouraged and organised for changes in local communities

“I feel encouraged, more self-confident and sufficiently informed about my rights, but also about the obligations of the municipality to respond to the demands of the women from rural areas and include them in the local policy creation. What is most important, for the first time I realized that we…

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168 Years Later, Fight of Textile Workers for Better Working Conditions Continues

When the women working in clothing and textile industry publicly protested in 1857 in New York, asking for better working conditions and salaries, they actually started a series of protests whose demands expanded in the course of the years also to cover women’s democratic right to vote, demand for equal…

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Changes are Visible when the System Changes from Within

The number of young people in the country decreased for 6% between two population censuses (2002 and 2021). Or, in absolute numbers, approximately 77,000 young people moved out of Macedonia in these 19 years. Or, even clearer, almost one Bitola has left to live somewhere else, in other countries. The problem…

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“Build Strong Links with the Community!”

At the recent Civica Mobilitas workshop, “Good Practices for CSO Sustainability”. Led by Simon Forrester, the Center for Youth Activism KRIK presented their experience. This was the reason to talk to Mila and Angela about the efforts of the organization for function and deal with all challenges as they appear….

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From waste to innovation: Youth as drivers of environmental transformation

Change begins with us, but it mostly relies on young people. They, with fresh knowledge and awareness, can drive positive changes in their surroundings. When youth become familiar with the challenges in their environment, they turn into active participants in the process of transformation. I was inspired by the educational…

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Better treatment for people with disabilities – Let’s learn from each other

“For the first time, we are all here, face-to-face, to speak openly, not to criticize, but to find ways to help each other,” said Gordana Trajkovska, president of “Poraka” Negotino, welcoming people with disabilities, parents, and medical staff who gathered for the first roundtable titled “Facing Challenges and Stigmatization.” In…

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“A better and more secure future for me and my children”

There is no wrong time to make changes in our own lives, in the community, or in the society we live in. People who are ready for change more easily accept challenges and recognize opportunities. Just like our interviewee whose experience we are sharing. E.A. is a young woman, a…

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There is a solution for complicated problems

When Salija Beqir Halim, the executive director of the “Initiative for the Rights of Women from Shuto Orizari” association, first met M.H., he was concerned about his minor daughter-in-law, who had become pregnant at 16 and realized that she had no health insurance. The meeting between Salija and M.H. took…

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