A panel discussion organized by MARTA took place at the NGO Forum and Civil Society Meeting in New York last week. The NGO forum took place from March 5-17 in parallel with the meeting of the 67th UN Commission on the Status of Women. At this event, the MARTA Center provided a safe space to hear the empowering stories of activists and...
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The Erasmus+ “Heartland” Project has come to a close. "Heartland" was a unique initiative that combines outdoor experiential education, cultural mediation and mindfulness with art expression to help professionals build resilience and overcome challenges in their personal and professional lives. “Youth workers and...
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During the 67th UN Commission on the Status of Women, the head of MARTA Centre Iluta Lāce took part in an expert panel about technology-facilitated gender-based violence.You can watch the video from the discussion below:About the discussion:The Nordic and Baltic regions are two of the most digitalised regions in the world. In recent...
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Over the two weeks of the NGO CSW/NY - civil society gathering that runs parallel to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) - organizes almost 800 events during the Forum that inform, engage and inspire grassroots efforts and advocacy needed to empower women and girls. This provides civil society organizations (CSOs) and activists...
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On the 29th and the 30th of November, the final event of the project Re-GROUP was held in Sofia (Bulgaria). The event consisted of a public conference celebrated in the New Bulgarian University about the biggest problems young people face nowadays and how youth groups can help tackle them and a partner meeting to discuss the next steps...
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We need to hear the people of Eastern Ukraine who are paying a terrible price – peaceful residents continue to be victims of Russia's cruel war. We continue to provide support and help; we continue to ask for donations for the needs of the peaceful population to survive. Please donate by transferring to a special account...
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The escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has disproportionately affected women and children as the fled the war. They have been through traumatic experiences and are in great fear for their families. Since the beginning of the war, the criminal entities capitalize on the desperate situation of the refugee women...
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With the project Re-GROUP, workshops for youth in Latvia were held from June 2021 to May 2022 with the aim of reducing violence and promoting awareness of gender equality in the youth environment. More than 50 young people aged 12 to 24 participated in the long-term group sessions, developing the skills needed to build and maintain...
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On the International Youth Day (12.08.2022), the youth festival KOPUMS took place in Dzintari Forest Park. At least 70 attendees visited The MARTA Center tent and all of them had an opportunity to: discuss prejudices together with the young people of the European Youth Dialogue and representatives of the Ministry of Education...
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The ID-Pro partnership has met in a final meeting in Zaragoza hosted by Mundus, the coordinator, to share the results and ensure the future and sustainability of the project. On July 19th and 20th, the ID-Pro partners held the final meeting of the project in Zaragoza (Spain) and Mundus, the coordinating entity, was the host of the...
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