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Non-mandatory sex education in Italy

Non-mandatory sex education in Italy: women’s health at risk

Date:23 May 2023
Sophie Girardini - Growing up in Italy, my knowledge on sex, contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) was limited and worrying. During an exchange year to a more Southern school, I realized the magnitude of the problem.
 Cartoon by Jip van den Toorn

What a mental time: an invisible crisis among students in the Netherlands

Date:18 April 2023
Renée Emma Jonkhoff - In the Netherlands, an invisible crisis is developing among students. This crisis generates from untreated mental health issues, fuelled by lacking availability of mental healthcare facilities and a lack of access to such facilities for students.
Why Hospitals like Artificial Joints more than Sick Children

The Fallpauschale – Why Hospitals like Artificial Joints more than Sick Children

Date:06 March 2023
Matthias Knöll - Recently, Germany has debated a new reform of its health care system to remedy some of the worst outcomes of the market-based reforms introduced around 20 years ago, leading to, amongst other things, over-invasive treatment, and difficulties in financing the treatment of children.
The right to mental health

Nepal’s Struggle and Progress in Ensuring the Right to Mental Health

Date:28 February 2023
Rashmi Lamichhane - The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how a natural disaster can lead to a significant increase, namely by 25%, in the global prevalence of mental disorders, particularly the global prevalence of anxiety and depression. Nepal was no exception to this phenomenon.
The right to mental healthcare in Italian prison

The right to mental healthcare in Italian prisons: obligations of Italy under the AAAQ framework

Date:21 February 2023
Sofia Vanzan - In 2022, Italian detention facilities registered the highest number of suicides of the last ten years. A total of 84 detainees decided to end their life because of the unbearable distress caused by detention and the lack of prospects for the future.
Outdated as it enters into force: the modernised Finnish Act on legal gender affirmation

Outdated as it enters into force: the modernised Finnish Act on legal gender affirmation

Date:09 February 2023
Micaela Peltoniemi - The treatment of transgender people has been one of the most visible shortcomings in Finnish human rights protection. The barriers to accessing legal and medical transition have been widely criticized, given that Finland’s laws on transitioning have been significantly behind its Nordic peers.
Het recht op abortus

Het politieke en morele leiderschap van de overheid bij het recht op abortus

Date:25 July 2022
Janey Huibers - De overheid wil abortus toegankelijker maken door huisartsen de bevoegdheid te geven de abortuspil voor te schrijven en door de bedenktermijn af te schaffen.
My body my choice

Lichamelijke integriteit van vrouwen bij het recht op abortus

Date:22 July 2022
Janey Huibers - De meningen over abortus zijn erg verdeeld. De ene groep vindt dat het leven van een kind bijzonder is en daarom niet zomaar beëindigd mag worden, terwijl de andere groep van mening is dat deze keuze bij de vrouw hoort te liggen.
De gezondheid van vrouwen komt in gevaar als er onvoldoende abortusvoorzieningen zijn.

Een schending van het recht op gezondheid bij onvoldoende abortusvoorzieningen en strenge abortuswetgeving

Date:18 July 2022
Janey Huibers - De gezondheid van vrouwen komt in gevaar als er onvoldoende abortusvoorzieningen zijn en als er sprake is van strenge abortuswetgeving.
To Exercise or not to Exercise

To Exercise or not to Exercise During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Date:04 April 2022
Jorrit Westerhof - During its 18 December 2021 press conference, the Dutch government announced a new set of lockdown measures due to the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands. These measures included a prohibition of all organised sports activities for persons above the age of eighteen years.
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