Nika Kovač: abortion is still treated as a politically sensitive issue
Slovenian-born Nika Kovač is one of the leading figures in the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice”. The movement aims to ensure access to safe abortion for all people living in the European Union through EU funding.
“In Lithuania, people are just tired.” An interview with Birutė Sabatauskaitė and Jūratė Juškaitė
The Baltic states are at very different points in terms of LGBT+ rights. Estonia lives in a bubble, says Jūratė Juškaitė from the Lithuanian Human Rights Centre.
Bahraini women are not expected to do housework but have fewer other rights
How are women and minorities faring in a tiny Gulf state ruled by a conservative, patriarchal, Islam-influenced monarchy?
The analysis of Syrian uprising is still missing a fundamental element: the grassroots level
Do experts have a sufficiently comprehensive knowledge of the Syrian revolution or is there something important that is missing from the overall discussion?
Humanitarian Aws Jubair: Attacks against LGBTQ+ people have increased in Turkey
Aws Jubair, a refugee and LGBTQ+ activist, talks about the work of the Aman Project, which assists LGBTQ+ refugees in Turkey.
How to organise communities of color? Interwiev with Monica Gathuo
In Estonia the voices of people of color are often missing from conversations about racism.
The sexual politics of asylum
In recent years Estonian society has been at the centre of heated debate in two topics.
We can’t put people in just one category
Similarly to Estonia, the constitution of Romania defines family as a gender-neutral institution based on the marriage of spouses.
To the Women of America and the World– a warning and a rallying cry from Poland
We, the women of Poland, have watched the emergence of the biggest threat to American democracy in the person of Donald Trump with a sickening feeling of familiarity.