PODCAST OF THE BULGARIAN FAMILY PLANNING AND SEXUAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (BFPA)STORIES FROM THE GHETTO In the four stories below, health mediators from Blagoevgrad, Dobrich and Dospat tell stories from their daily practice with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and maternal and child health care. The stories are the best selected from a competition held by BASP and NNHM. (Stories are narrated in Bulgarian only) - TO HAVE AS MANY CHILDREN AS YOU ARE ABLE TO RAISE - Antoaneta Asenova - Blagoevgrad - THE DIFFICULT IUD - Katya Kirilova - Blagoevgrad - A DREAM COME TRUE - Sevina Dalakova - Dospat - SINCE THE ROMA CAME. IT'S BEEN BAD FOR THE GYPSIES - Anife Hasan - Dobrich OF RIGHTS AND PEOPLE… BECAUSE FREE PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS This podcast is developed under the project № 32 / 20.02.2020 "Increasing the capacity of the team, partners and supporters of BFPA in the field of advocacy for SRHR", funded by the Active Citizens Fund of Bulgaria under the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area. Creator of the podcast is lawyer Ivana Murdzheva, a longtime supporter of BFPA. The entire responsibility for the content is borne by BFPA and under no circumstances can it be assumed that this material reflects the official opinion of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and the Operator of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria CONTENTS OF THE EPISODES (IN BULGARIAN) How the idea of structuring and normative expression (consolidation) of rights and freedoms arises and develops. History and classification. Generations of rights according to their origin. Limit of their protection. In which group and when are health and education rights included. Basic documents related to human rights. Which documents should we know and how to read them? Reading comprehension. Who can protect our rights. European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Powers How do we talk about our rights? How meaningful and convincing do we do this? An attempt to chat with Neda and Georgi (17 years old) with unexpected twists. Sexual and reproductive rights. Where do we begin? A dialogue with Neda and Georgi What does 'sexual rights' mean? How brave do we have to be to talk about it? Neda and Georgi Reproductive rights. Do we understand them correctly? The conversation with Neda and Georgi continues |
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BFPA survey about positive birth-rate measures |
Sofia, December 5, 2022 The Bulgarian Association for Family Planning and Sexual Health (BFPA) presented the results of a nationally representative survey conducted by KANTAR. The study took place in August 2022, among a sample of 836 people from the adult population and analyzed the measures that would positively affect the birth rate. You can find the full research here |
Final conference on ARIE project: PLHIV and fitness |
Sofia, November 11, 2022 On November 11, 2022, the final conference of the ARIE project was held in Sofia. The project is supported by the Erasmus+ Sport program, led by the long-standing Italian partner of BFPA ANLAIDS – Lombardia. The rest of the participating organizations are from Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia. The activities are aimed at people living with HIV (PLHIV), the goal of the project is to develop and introduce a fitness program and an activity protocol for people living with HIV. In Bulgaria the project was coordinated by Boyan Mladenov from the BFPA team. Among the participants of the conference were health specialists, professors from medical universities, NGO partners, representatives of the target group. From the Bulgarian side the most outstanding was the presentation of Prof. Radka Argirova “HIV,Covid and Monkeypox - what more we have to know” |
Presentation of the results of a regional study and recommendations for SRH services in the European Parliament - project "Youth Voices, Youth Choices" |
Brussels, October 26, 2022 In the last months of 2022 the partners of the YVYC project, together with experts and young people, developed recommendations for regional policy recommendations for improvement of health and social systems and SRHR services for young people after the Covid 19 pandemic. |