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Latest blogs from IPPF EN

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Women Human Rights Defenders stand up for our rights! Why the EU must stand up for them.

This 8 March, IPPF EN would like to celebrate and pay tribute to Women Human Rights Defenders and the vital role they play in protecting and advancing gender equality and women’s rights, in inspiring social change and in challenging the status quo.
IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson and Rutgers at AIDS2018 pre-conference on SRHR

25 July 2018

Breaking barriers, building bridges: IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson on what she took away from this week's AIDS2018 pre-conference on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson and Rutgers at AIDS2018 pre-conference on SRHR

25 July 2018

Breaking barriers, building bridges: IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson on what she took away from this week's AIDS2018 pre-conference on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Silvana Naumova, HOPS programme manager, outside drug support clinic

20 July 2018

Just off a highway in downtown Skopje, a middle-aged man stamps his feet before a door. He is here to pick up clean needles from a drop-in centre run by HOPS, an NGO that provides drug users and sex workers with clean needles, contraception, information and advice.

Silvana Naumova, HOPS programme manager, outside drug support clinic

20 July 2018

Just off a highway in downtown Skopje, a middle-aged man stamps his feet before a door. He is here to pick up clean needles from a drop-in centre run by HOPS, an NGO that provides drug users and sex workers with clean needles, contraception, information and advice.

Zoran Joranov, founder of EGAL, talks to HERA's Vojo Ivanof

20 July 2018

Back in 2004, Zoran Jordanov decided that someone needed to take action to support Macedonia’s LGBTI community and open up access to sexual health services. He began to look into issues of HIV prevalence and the importance of prevention.

Zoran Joranov, founder of EGAL, talks to HERA's Vojo Ivanof

20 July 2018

Back in 2004, Zoran Jordanov decided that someone needed to take action to support Macedonia’s LGBTI community and open up access to sexual health services. He began to look into issues of HIV prevalence and the importance of prevention.

Sex worker Mihaela (not her real name) in Roma neighbourhood of Shuto Orizari.

20 July 2018

When Mihaela (not her real name) was six years old, her father sent her onto the streets to scavenge for fo

Sex worker Mihaela (not her real name) in Roma neighbourhood of Shuto Orizari.

20 July 2018

When Mihaela (not her real name) was six years old, her father sent her onto the streets to scavenge for fo

Doubly Marginalised: Stigmatised Young Populations

01 December 2017

Being young and gay in Macedonia is to live in fear of your safety. Like many Balkan countries, Macedonia is notoriously patriarchal and conservative, and homophobia is systemic.

Doubly Marginalised: Stigmatised Young Populations

01 December 2017

Being young and gay in Macedonia is to live in fear of your safety. Like many Balkan countries, Macedonia is notoriously patriarchal and conservative, and homophobia is systemic.

NGOS Plugging the Public Health Gap in Macedonia

01 December 2017

Whether marginalised because of sexuality, gender identity, occupation or ethnicity, many vulnerable people in Macedonia turn to NGOs for sexual health services, as well as legal advice and support, education, employment guidance, food and clothes.

NGOS Plugging the Public Health Gap in Macedonia

01 December 2017

Whether marginalised because of sexuality, gender identity, occupation or ethnicity, many vulnerable people in Macedonia turn to NGOs for sexual health services, as well as legal advice and support, education, employment guidance, food and clothes.

IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson and Rutgers at AIDS2018 pre-conference on SRHR

25 July 2018

Breaking barriers, building bridges: IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson on what she took away from this week's AIDS2018 pre-conference on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson and Rutgers at AIDS2018 pre-conference on SRHR

25 July 2018

Breaking barriers, building bridges: IPPF EN's Caroline Hickson on what she took away from this week's AIDS2018 pre-conference on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Silvana Naumova, HOPS programme manager, outside drug support clinic

20 July 2018

Just off a highway in downtown Skopje, a middle-aged man stamps his feet before a door. He is here to pick up clean needles from a drop-in centre run by HOPS, an NGO that provides drug users and sex workers with clean needles, contraception, information and advice.

Silvana Naumova, HOPS programme manager, outside drug support clinic

20 July 2018

Just off a highway in downtown Skopje, a middle-aged man stamps his feet before a door. He is here to pick up clean needles from a drop-in centre run by HOPS, an NGO that provides drug users and sex workers with clean needles, contraception, information and advice.

Zoran Joranov, founder of EGAL, talks to HERA's Vojo Ivanof

20 July 2018

Back in 2004, Zoran Jordanov decided that someone needed to take action to support Macedonia’s LGBTI community and open up access to sexual health services. He began to look into issues of HIV prevalence and the importance of prevention.

Zoran Joranov, founder of EGAL, talks to HERA's Vojo Ivanof

20 July 2018

Back in 2004, Zoran Jordanov decided that someone needed to take action to support Macedonia’s LGBTI community and open up access to sexual health services. He began to look into issues of HIV prevalence and the importance of prevention.

Sex worker Mihaela (not her real name) in Roma neighbourhood of Shuto Orizari.

20 July 2018

When Mihaela (not her real name) was six years old, her father sent her onto the streets to scavenge for fo

Sex worker Mihaela (not her real name) in Roma neighbourhood of Shuto Orizari.

20 July 2018

When Mihaela (not her real name) was six years old, her father sent her onto the streets to scavenge for fo

Doubly Marginalised: Stigmatised Young Populations

01 December 2017

Being young and gay in Macedonia is to live in fear of your safety. Like many Balkan countries, Macedonia is notoriously patriarchal and conservative, and homophobia is systemic.

Doubly Marginalised: Stigmatised Young Populations

01 December 2017

Being young and gay in Macedonia is to live in fear of your safety. Like many Balkan countries, Macedonia is notoriously patriarchal and conservative, and homophobia is systemic.

NGOS Plugging the Public Health Gap in Macedonia

01 December 2017

Whether marginalised because of sexuality, gender identity, occupation or ethnicity, many vulnerable people in Macedonia turn to NGOs for sexual health services, as well as legal advice and support, education, employment guidance, food and clothes.

NGOS Plugging the Public Health Gap in Macedonia

01 December 2017

Whether marginalised because of sexuality, gender identity, occupation or ethnicity, many vulnerable people in Macedonia turn to NGOs for sexual health services, as well as legal advice and support, education, employment guidance, food and clothes.