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During the pandemic lockdown, the number of abortions performed by public and private health services decreased due to emergency contingencies. With COVID19 being on the descending curve, is abortion still a basic human right across Europe, or are we witnessing a surge in pro-life legislation? Is my body REALLY my choice?

“Sow. Lard ball. Cow. A mistake of nature. I hope you're raped. No, out of respect for the rapist. Water heater with legs. You disgusting bitch. I see you and I vomit. It's clear why you want black people in Italy. Let it go, you pig. Go around with the burqa. I'm not insulting you that nature has already insulted you. Poor your partner, who wakes up every morning and has to see you. But then you won't have a partner. You should be lesbian. You should just shut up.”Michela Murgia, Italian writer

Langsam aber sicher geht mein Freiwilligendienst zuende. Ein paar Eindücke dieser "letzten Phase"

Zur Situation der LGBTQI-Community in Ungarn und dem Veränderungspotenzial durch kommende Generationen.

Eine Reise in die bosnische Multikulti-Hauptstadt Sarajevo ist mehr als nur ein normaler Städtetrip. Blüte des osmanischen Reiches, Mord an Franz Ferdinand, grausamer Inbegriff des Jugoslawienkrieges - an kaum einem anderen Ort in Europa verschmelzen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart so wie hier. Bericht über die Rückkehr in meine neue zweite Heimat, die sich so gar nicht mit anderen Städten vergleichen lässt.

Erasmus generation travelling: how to do it in a safe way and what the new rules will be

Mittlerweile wissen viele Menschen, dass die Produktion von Kleidung die Umwelt stark belastet. Vor allem der aktuelle Trend der billigen „Fast-Fashion“ – also mehr Kollektionen in kürzester Zeit (günstige Kleidung mit geringer Qualität) – wirkt sich schädlich auf die Umwelt aus. Zum Glück ist jedoch eine Gegenbewegung immer mehr am Kommen, welche sich als Ziel die Nachhaltigkeit der Mode gesetzt hat.

Just a few days ago me and some volunteers were talking about the different topics like: Lockdown crisis, how we overcome it while being at home, what we will do after ESC volunteering, how volunteering influenced on our behaviour, how we improved our 8-key competences. Also we were discussing about the EU policy, german culture and language.

Nachdem der Notstand in Estland am 17. Mai beendet wurde und somit Restaurants und Cafés wieder öffnen können, kehrt in meinen Alltag ein wenig Normalität zurück.

Why haven’t we learned how to deal with racism and the pandemic?Humanity has already seen an outbreak of plague, Spanish, Bird and Pork fluHumanity has seen slavery and racism for many years, but we still have to go through it again and again. Why?...Because people don’t believe they exist, if they haven’t affected them personally.It seems rather strange to us, yes, but it is common to all people."it doesn’t happen to me, I’m safe, so it doesn’t exist" This is how we think, and not only about the things above , we think so about the war, about climate change, about social inequality,about refugee problem etc.But why, why is it so difficult for us to get out of our comfortable shell and see what is happening around us?

The italian law has a strict no contact to the biological parental figure concerning abortion. This article shows why this might be problematic.