We are very happy to have featured as one of the ten partners of Atlas Network that show perspective in 2022. “Atlas Network’s community of partners is growing! Two organizations in Eastern Europe are especially exciting. Liberal Alternative Institute (North Macedonia) and Free Russia Institute (Lithuania) are both promising groups dedicated to human freedom and […]
Happy Birthday to Liberal Alternative Institute Liberal Alternative Institute is 9 years old! It’s been 9 years since we started promoting freedom, liberties and human rights. It’s been 9 years since we have worked towards youth empowerment and civic activism. We are celebrating 9 years of great partnerships and friendships in North Macedonia and elsewhere.
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TOGETHER is one of the local initiatives aiming at bringing ethnic groups together and providing a meeting space for high school students to learn about each other. 13 participants of the “Together Project” exhibited their work through a performance in front of an audience of all ages. The performance included songs in Albanian, Macedonian
Metamorphosis: From Chaos to Art The last local initiative of the project “Youth Combating Hate Speech” was the “Metamorphosis: From Chaos to Art” exhibition which tried to transform the hate speech stories from their chaotic nature to pieces of art by bringing the storytellers and the artists in a collaboration to build transformation and raise
LAI organizes Tetovo Interfaith Youth Week In the framework of the #TetovoInterfaithYouthWeek, yesterday our activist Ms. Clirime Saiti with the support of her mentor Merita Saiti kicked off the activities of their project part of the “Youth Combating Hate Speech” funded and supported by the German Embassy in North Macedonia. Students from different faiths and ethnicities
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Zoom Webinars and physical events: BRAVE! Online Webinars Brave, tackled the issues of bullying, cyberbullying, hate speech and hate crimes through online workshops, a human library informal meeting, and research presented through infographics. The first topic “Cyber Bullying and Hate speech online: legal framework and mechanisms” was presented by the guest speaker Arta Selmani, Pro-dean
Through the #EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen campaign, LAI celebrates and acknowledges the fight for equity and equality of women and girls, through messages and thoughts of women of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, creed, and professions. #oneforallandallforone #internationalwomensday #8thmarch #IWD2022 Women are not just a synonym of beauty, but of courage. strength and justice. As women, we
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In the framework of the #TetovoInterfaithYouthWeek, yesterday our activist Ms. Clirime Saiti with the support of her mentor Merita Saiti kicked off the activities of their project, part of the “Youth Combating Hate Speech” funded and supported by the German Embassy in North Macedonia. Students from different faiths and ethnicities started off their interfaith journey
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20 young students from North Macedonia are participating at the summer school “Youth Combating Hate Speech” that is taking place in Struga, North Macedonia. The main aim of the summer school is to train the youth on how to work on the issue of hate speech and make the social and electronic media hate speech
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We are delighted to announce that the German Embassy Skopje has agreed to support us in implementing the initiative “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡.” We’re excited to get started on the activities, so we’d want to take advantage of this chance to invite everyone to stay tuned for updates on this initiative, which aims to train
