Stefanie De Bock (She/her) is co-spokeperson and part of the executive committee of FYEG. Stefanie was co-spokesperson of Jong Groen until October 2018. She was already involved in several FYEG activities like AlterCop and Demasculinization of Politics. In September 2018 she got the opportunity to start an internship at FYEG office. Today she is an…
Category: Human rights
It’s the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, again
And now? The images incoming from Afghanistan are dramatic: masses of people flocking to the airport trying to escape. The fear is great. Women are among the first objectives of the dramatic talibans’ extremist regime: they have already been removed from their workplaces, some schools and universities have been closed to them and in some…
The EU is committed to helping Afghanistan, but not Afghans
“People should not come to Europe. People should stay in their region” “People should not come to Europe. People should stay in their region”. This sentence is probably the best summary of the current EU standing on migrants fleeing Afghanistan after the Taliban have taken over in the country. Not only for its crystal clarity…
No New Rules – In thoughts of the people in Moria 2.0
Over the past year, there has been more talk than ever about the “crazy times” we live in, and it seems that people are longing for something simpler or more predictable. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why we spend so much time thinking and debating about new rules and laws in the almost…
Diary of Palina – fighting for Belarus
I try to express myself, but there are so many thoughts that I can’t put them together. I just cry all day, crying out all the things that have accumulated over the past months. I cry and pray, even though I don’t believe in God in the accepted sense of this word. I pray that…
Colonialism in the Immigrant Detention Center: Resistance and Hope
This article was originally published by the Jovent, the magazine of the Catalan young greens under the title: “Colonialitat als CIE: Resistència i esperança” on 18/07/2019. It has been translated by the author and slightly modified for its publication by the Ecosprinter. Samba Martine died alone at the Immigrant Detention Center (CIE in Catalan abbreviation)…
Tragic Story of the 21st. century: Evictions in Serbia
The following article is an excerpt from our latest printed Ecosprinter titled Reclaim Your Rights! – The Social Issue. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. by Jelena Aleksic People have divided thoughts about communism in Yugoslavia. Some will say that it was the worst regime…
Victory of Abortion Activists in Northern Ireland
The following article is an excerpt from our latest printed Ecosprinter titled Reclaim Your Rights! – The Social Issue. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. by Sarah Laverty On the 23 October 2019, a woman stood before a jury in Belfast Crown Court and was…
Europe’s Housing Crisis: What Can We Learn From the Vienna Model?
The following article is an excerpt from our latest printed Ecosprinter titled Reclaim Your Rights! – The Social Issue. We decided to bring you the articles from this edition in a digital form as well. by Adelina Stuparu, Sean Currie, and Anna de Koster In the 2019 EU elections, a surge in the number of…
They have heard we are queers!
When does our vulnerability reach its highest point?! A question I had not thought about until 25th of August 2017. What hurts the most is thinking what’s worst, when pedestrians are violent towards you because of your gender expression or the fact that the police, who should be the last resort for seeking help, does…