Teenergizer activists at Parliamentary Youth Committee meeting

Young Teenergizer activists presented the voice of teens on the parliamentary youth committee. On October 8, 2019, Teenergizer activists Dany Stolbunov and Yana Panfilova took part in a round table that was held at the committee on youth issues in the Ukrainian parliament. Six months ago, in Ukraine, the development of a new “Youth Policy Strategy 2030” began, and, of course, this process did not pass without the participation of active Teenergizer leaders who work to ensure that adolescents and…

«You can be more than just a wife»

My name is Grace Kumanda. I work in an organization in Malawi called Pacacherry which literally means «Under a fear tree» — because we talk about things people are not comfortable to talk about: sexism, early marriages and sex-work. Technically sex work is not illegal. But we have a pino-code which was established years ago, during the colonies time. Most of this laws were meant to protect women, but for some reasons they were misinterpreted and used against them. If girls-sexworkers sit in the bar or stand along the street, policemen can just arrest them. And their argument…