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to reach their full potential in society while addressing gender inequalities, promoting violence prevention, healthy lifestyles, and healthy versions of masculinities.

Skills for Life in the Real and Digital World

October 12, 2026 YMI News

๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’…๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’†โ€™๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘๐’”, ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’†? CARE is working to update Program Y to reflect the changing realities of young people, with a particular focus on the digital environment and its influence on gender norms, relationships and behaviours. Through a Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) process, young people shared […]

Three PLA Workshops Held in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

July 1, 2026 YMI News

Over the past period, three Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) workshops were successfully held in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the ongoing process of reviewing and strengthening Program Y, ensuring it continues to respond to the realities and emerging challenges young people face today PLA is a participatory research methodology that works […]

Monitoring visit across project locations in the Western Balkans

May 18, 2026 YMI News

Last week, a monitoring visit was conducted within the project โ€œYouth clubs and school workshops for better health, environmental protection and peaceful and non-violent coexistence,โ€ implemented with the support of Marie Eberth Stiftung, during which we had the opportunity to host colleagues from CARE Germany. The visit was organized with the aim of reviewing the […]

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