YMI News

Reaction of NGO Youth Power / Snaga Mladih and CARE International Balkans

February 23, 2015 YMI News

Reaction to broadcasting of the second episode of the series "Perspektiva" in which the student of the Traffic Secondary School Mostar presented a series of claims that may be understood as offensive.

Training for peer educators

February 23, 2015 YMI News

Institute “Perpetuum Mobile”, Banja Luka, in cooperation with Care International Balkans organized a three-day training for peer educators within the project “Young Men Initiative – boys and men as allies in preventing violence and gender transformation in the Western Balkans”, supported by the Austrian Development Agency.

SAY “NO” to the Violence- BE A MAN – Declaration – MY 5 AGAINST VIOLENCE

December 15, 2014 YMI News

In cooperation with CARE International, Balkans and with the support of the Swiss government, the Austrian Development Cooperation, the OAK Foundation and CARE Germany-Luxemburg, with partner organizations, on Wednesday, 10/12/2014, on Human Rights Day street action is organized in order to raise public awareness of the problem of violence among young people, “Be a man-sign […]

NGO Youth Power/Snaga Mladih condemns violence in front of Engineering and Traffic Secondary School in Mostar

December 15, 2014 YMI News

NGO Youth Power/Snaga Mladih reacted on the occasion of the incident which took place on Monday, 08 December 2014, in the schoolyard of Engineering and Traffic Secondary School in Mostar, when a dozen of masked persons attacked with stones and injured five students during the break!

Through the photos – Action “My FIVE against the violence!”

December 11, 2014 YMI News

Action was held in the Park “Petar Kocic” in the period from 1-3 pm.

Declaration against violence – Kosovska Mitrovica

December 10, 2014 YMI News

CARE partner organization Synergy has organized two-day activities in North Kosovska Mitrovica. The first one took place on the 9th and included around 50 members of Synergy/the Be a man Club, this was the “Nasilje je naopako!” campaign and our members took photos all around the city, including frequent streets and other places which are […]

Visit from York

December 4, 2014 YMI News

Group of 22 post-graduate students and 3 staff members from Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit of the University of York, Heslington, York, United Kingdom visited Mostar and partner organization NGO Youth Power on 3rd of December, as part of their  two weeks Study Visit: Post-war Recovery in Bosnia and Herzegovina Twenty Years After the Dayton Agreement.

Open Call for Offers

December 2, 2014 YMI News

CARE is announcing open call for Baseline Evaluation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in “Promoting Healthier Lifestyles among Youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Challenging Gender Stereotypes – Young Men Initiative Project (YMI)”.

Strategic planning session, Vlašić, 17-19th of November 2014

November 17, 2014 YMI News

CARE and its partners have a strategic planning two days session on the new project “Promoting Healthier Lifestyles among Youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina by Challenging Gender Stereotypes – Young Men Initiative”.

Meeting with partner organizations in Zagreb

October 20, 2014 YMI News

A meeting of partner organizations from regional Young Men Initiative project (Boys and Men as Allies in Violence Prevention and Gender Transformation in the Western Balkans) was held in Zagreb on 20 September, 2014.

On Father’s Day, What It Really Means To Be A Man

June 16, 2014 YMI News

Navigating adolescence is a challenging period in all cultures. It’s a time when young people begin to find their identity, develop their values and confront the problems of the world around them on a personal level.

Why I #challengeattitudes in the Balkans

June 1, 2014 YMI News

Saša Ostojić, a participant in the Young Men Initiative, asks: Who is a “real man” in the Balkans? The global image of Balkan men is not a good one. Decades of war and conflict have created a picture of us as very violent and aggressive.

Macho men won the main prize on the “Youth Theatre Festival”

September 3, 2013 YMI News

CARE’s partner organization Centre E8 from Belgrade, led by Vojislav Arsić, won another award for the author’s play “Macho men”, this time on the Youth Theatre Festival held from 20th to 27th August in Novi Pazar.

When Serb calls Croat or Bosnian “Brother!”

August 1, 2013 YMI News

Neither our difficult history, nor various problems did stop 40 young men from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo from spending 7 unforgettable days in a camp “Veli JoĹľe” in Savudrija, Istria at the Croatian seaside.

When Serb calls Croat or Bosnian “Brother!”

August 1, 2013 YMI News

Neither our difficult history, nor various problems did stop 40 young men from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Kosovo from spending 7 unforgettable days in a camp “Veli JoĹľe” in Savudrija, Istria at the Croatian seaside.

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