Unique European survey on how to protect children from online risk:
Engage, don’t restrict - to protect children from online risk
Parents should actively engage with their children’s online activities by talking to them about the internet and occasionally staying nearby when they go online. Compared with restricting children’s internet use, positive engagement can reduce the risk of harm without preventing the benefits of internet use. This is one of the conclusions of a new report from the (...) (continue)

Reserved: Don’t reserve information for yourself! It is not happening often that Polish companies are successful and present on markets in different European countries. The brand ‘Reserved’ is known and liked not only in Poland but also Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ukraine, Baltic Republics etc. If you want this success to be followed by greater responsibility – join the action of Clean Clothes Poland asking LPP (owner of ‘Reserved’) questions on labour standards in their garment (...) (continue)

Istanbul, 9-11 of May, 2011 The UN General Assembly proclaimed the year from August 12, 2010 to August 11, 2011 as an International Year of Youth (IYY) and reaffirmed the World Programme of Action for Youth (WPAY) to recognize the importance of educated, healthy, skilled and active youth for national development. Within the scope of International Year of Youth, UNFPA Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Office is organizing a Youth Conference “Investing in Youth: Path to Accelerated (...) (continue)

A delegation from ASTRA Youth Network participated in the 11th International Women’s Health Meeting in Brussels, September 13-17, 2011. Three AY members participated to the Meeting- Marta Szostak from Poland, Tatiana Slobodian from Ukraine and the youth coordinator of GERT Elizabet Dimitrova. They presented the network and its latest report produced in the beginning of 2011.
The report reveals the situation of SRHR of young people from 13 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. It provides (...) (continue)

Round table discussion with the participation of representatives of interested institutions, NGOs and foreign speakers with international experience (continue)

12 young representatives of women’s organizations met at the conference “Resource Mobilization for Women’s Rights Organizations and Movements in the SEE/CEE/CIS Region” in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Conference was held on October 21-23, 2010. One of the main topics of the conference was the research among women oriented organizations done by AWID that shows the basic issues in women’s rights organizations and movements in the SEE/CEE/CIS region. A comparison was made based on the research that (...) (continue)

Ruckenwind is an inclusion strategy, aiming at the empowerment of young people, offering general guidance and mentorship, developed in an international partnership, using the possibilities of the European Youth in Action programme.
At the end of October 2010 a training has been organized in Finland. Bulgaria participated with 4 young people from Zaedno foundation and from GERT.
The training was aimed to give young people the chance to express their priorities and hopes by sharing thier (...) (continue)

The AWID meeting gives the opportunity to youth leaders (continue)