“This paper contains my initial findings and reflections on the process which led to the promulgation of a new law on termination of pregnancy (shortened: abortion law) in the Republic of Macedonia in 2013. In developing this case study and analyzing official documents and media items, I followed one of Charles Tilly’s (2007:60) principles for describing democracy, democratization and de-democratization: […]
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The assessment was done within the project “Protection against discrimination on LGBT at local level” currently implemented by HERA and the Coalition ‘Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities’. Its objective is to determine the organization of protection mechanisms against discrimination at local level, their capacity to implement the legal requirements as well as their effectiveness in providing protection against […]
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Year of publication: 2015 Authors: MA Ana Mickovska Raleva; MA Martin Pecijareski; Dr. Meri Risteska. Keywords: Assessment, Commission for Protection against Discrimination, discrimination, sexual orientation, gender identity, LGBT, complaints, knowledge, attitudes, practice Download the study here Other publications from the category researches
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Universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV prevention, treatment, care and support are considered essential by the United Nation to further development in this area. While there are many separate indicators related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and to HIV, a key challenge has been the lack of internationally agreed indicators to measure progress in […]
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The assessment was done within the project “Protection against discrimination on LGBT at local level” currently implemented by HERA and the Coalition ‘Sexual and Health Rights of Marginalized Communities’. Its objective is to determine the organization of protection mechanisms against discrimination at local level, their capacity to implement the legal requirements as well as their effectiveness in providing protection against […]
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Тhis gender assessment attempts to analyze the implementation of the social policy at the local level in three municipalities by identifying to what extent those policies reflect the local needs of men and women, and whether the measures they propose will advance gender equality. It does so by taking consideration the legal measures for systematic inclusion of the principle of equal […]
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Recent changes to the legislation on abortion adopted within an accelerated procedure, without consulting the expert public and lacking public debate, limit women’s right of free choice and additionally complicate and bureaucratize the process of obtaining the health service of abortion. Therefore, we have decided to examine attitudes among the general public and the expert public (gynecologists) towards abortion and the […]
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Analyzing four key components i.e. legal and social context, availability and accessibility of services as well as participation and rights, this Report Card summarizes the current situation of HIV prevention strategies and services for gay men and other men who have sex with men in Macedonia and aims to support efforts to increase and improve the programmatic, policy and funding […]
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Women in Macedonia, particularly those from socially vulnerable groups, face different barriers while trying to obtain reproductive health services. The poor reproductive health causes one third of the global burden of disease of women of reproductive age and one fifth of the global burden of disease of the general population.
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