{"id":3163865,"date":"2022-03-21T11:55:47","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/over-1500-citizens-participate-in-yea-street-action-on-8-march\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:18:05","slug":"over-1500-citizens-participate-in-yea-street-action-on-8-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/over-1500-citizens-participate-in-yea-street-action-on-8-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,500 citizens participate in YEA street action on 8 March"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day on 8 March, WeBalkans and the Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) teamed up to promote the #<a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\">BreakTheBias campaign<\/a>.They did this through reels and other social media content and street actions across the Western Balkans including in Banja Luka, Belgrade, Kumanovo, Ni\u0161, Novi Sad, Podgorica, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje, and Tirana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 1,500 women participated in street action activities aiming to break the bias of gender stereotypes. The included stopping women on the street and asking them to answer questions such as \u201cWho am I as a woman in the Western Balkans?\u201d\u00a0and \u201cHow do you describe yourself as a woman?\u201d and writing their answers on the totems placed by the YEAs on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the messages that women wrote on totems as part of the action, included: \u201cI would like to see more equality\u201d, \u201cWonderful\u201d, \u201cNever stronger\u201d, \u201cI am a woman in science\u201d, and \u201cProud\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WeBalkans YEA network was launched in August 2020 as part of the Regional Communication Programme for the Western Balkans (WeBalkans), managed by the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). The platform is a creative network of future young game-changers from across the Western Balkans. 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