Bosnian Green Youth is a non-profit and a non-political oriented green organisation. We are in process of registering on national level. We have about 100 members and in future we hope that we would have more members. We will keep working on it. We have already participated in two FYEG‘s summer camps in Serbia. The…
Gender issues in Palestine
Since the early years of the previous century, the Palestinian people have been living under successive occupations resulting in fragmentation of the Palestinian society and a high level of suffering represented in the expulsion of hundreds of thousand of Palestinian refugees, lands confiscation and human rights violations. As all Arab-Palestinian people, Palestinian women were subjected…
Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation is practiced in African countries such as, Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Kenya and Chad. It is also practiced in minor forms in the Middle East and South Asia. Genital alteration in the female reproductive organs includes infibulations, clitoridectomy, clitoral circumcision and piercing. Degrees of mutilation exist ranging from excision of the hood…
A larger Europe will be a greener Europe
The 10 countries due to join the European Union next year must turn their attention from adopting EU environment laws to implementing them, Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom said today. She was addressing the ninth and last annual informal meeting with accession country environment ministers. European Union Environment Commissioner Margot Wallstrom Wallstrom, together with Enlargement Commissioner,…
FYEG campaign 2003-2004: migration
Take a look in our political platform by the subject migration. Our first point: “free movement of persons is a human right”. What does this sentence mean for FYEG. What does this mean for refugees in Europe? And what is our opinion about Visa etc.? This year and the next till the European elections (2004),…
Anti-music legislation
Here in the UK, the government’s new Licensing Act is causing a stir. Its plainly outrageous, amazing, hypocritical and draconian approach will severely restrict the playing of live music. Already, under the current system, people have been fined for tapping their feet! Presently, in situations (e.g. busking) or establishments (e.g. pubs) where money changes hands…
Editorial
Dear greenies, the EC is back from an EC meeting in London were one of the most important tasks was to prioritise issues for FYEG this year. We decided that we should focus most of our energy, resources and funds on our migration campaign and involve all member organisations in the various activities. It would…
The first ecological, non-violent and cooperative olympiads!
It’s today very common and very politically correct to emphasize the values of the Olympic games, which are presented as one of the most positive event in the world. Really ? The modern Olympic games are based on
The vagina monologues
Eve Ensler who wrote the vagina monologues has written about the worldwide vagina revolution. In 2003, more representations of the play will be held in various venues. Ensler writes that “…2003 must be the year when we envision a new world, where violence has ended and V-World is finally born. allowed to be born in…
Lessons about abortion
Bridget Warao, from Nairobi, Kenya, writes: “Come to think of it, what abortion does to most of females is one of the most cruel things in life. A woman opts for abortion for one of several reasons: for fear of losing a partner, inability to face social wrath or the fear of her parents finding…