Human Rights Youth Organization

If you believe in something, it will happen!

[:en]Since 14th of May I started my mobility, within the Erasmus + program, in Salamanca (Spain) where I spent two months, it was in fact until July. There, I have been working as assistant project of several European project such as uCivic and Siep, but the principal one was the project called “IRETI -Empowering Women […]

Federica, flyed to Bucharest through IRETI project, shares her two-month experience

[:en]Federica spent two months in Bucharest participating in the IRETI project. She did her traineeship in some Romanian organizations focusing on data analysis and communication through social media and learning more about migration and human trafficking.    “I did not know anything about Bucharest, but I was ready to let me surprise by it. And […]

FINN Conference – Malta

[:en] The Freedom Is Not Negotiable (FINN) conference took place in Malta, St. Julian’s, on the 16th of March 2019, and was organized by Cross Cultural International Foundation (CCIF). CCIF is a non-profit organization that has been stationed in Malta since 2012, and it is one of the organizations that H.R.Y.O is cooperating with on […]

REST – Refugee Employment Support and Training

[:en] In the recent years the European labor market has been facing many different challenges, including skill shortage, ageing workforce and lack of motivated apprentices. The high number of refugees that have entered Europe in the recent years might be a solution to these problems – however companies are hesitant to hire refugees due to […]

Human trafficking has become a global concern

[:en]Human trafficking has become a global concern; it affects every continent and every type of community and economy. It has become a significant problem considering 161 countries are reported to be a source for human trafficking, a transition or destination countries for human trafficking. There are many challenges that exist in helping the women that […]

Now back in England, slightly sad to have left Palermo

[:en]IRETI: Palermo, Month 2     As I write this, my 2 months in Palermo have already, sadly, come to an end- but the work we have started has only just begun.   With the aim of my 2 months in Palermo being to learn about the realities of the sex trafficking of Nigerian women […]

Saffron from the UK tells us about her impressions of IRETI project

[:it]Arriving to and being in Palermo is a strange, yet wonderful experience. An authentic robust city, filled to the brim with loud, rich culture. Palermo seems somehow untouched by society and the greater world, and I’ve been told quite a few times that Palermo is the closest thing, in terms of living, to Africa.   […]

Tina from Romania shares her first impressions of IRETI project

[:it] There is no doubt that the idea of volunteering abroad is a big leap of faith into the unknown, so when I first heard about “IRETI- Empowering Women and Strengthening Socioeconomic Integration” project in Palermo, I just said “No”. I thought I had multiple reasons to refuse: I was feeling I was too old […]