For months and years even, the right to have an abortion has caused heated discussions all over the world. In Poland, women took to the streets to demand their right to have an abortion. In the US, this right was recently taken away from them.

But even though in the Netherlands, abortions are theoretically legal and there are abortion clinics available at least in the cities, not everything goes smoothly. Conservatives pro-life voices have become louder in the past years and the access to an abortion is not the easy path it seems to be.

Ava wants to change that. This organisation stands up for people‘s interests regarding abortion and contraception.

Website Ava: www.avahelpt.nl

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For those among us who do not have a law degree, legal issues can be quite overwhelming. But it is still very likely that we will have to face them at some point in our life. Maybe after being fired, getting divorced and when we wish to take someone to court who caused us harm.

Then it is important to know our rights. But if we don’t know them, there is a place that can help. It is called the vrouwenrechtswinkel. Raja Azaroual is a lawyer, working at the vrouwenrechtswinkel and today she is going to explain the legal situation of women in the Netherlands and what still needs to improve.

Additional info: Vrouwenrechtswinkel is an initiative of Bureau Clara Wichmann together with the Law Hub of the University of Amsterdam and is subsidized by the city of Amsterdam

www.clara-wichmann.nl

In case you want to deep-dive into the topic of the Dutch afstandsmoeders check out my podcast project Separated By Force for which I interview mothers, children, lawyers, staff of the mother and baby homes etc.

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Food always brings people together. During a family dinner, a religious holiday or birthdays. Also, living in a foreign country, most of us have probably experienced the feeling of loneliness in one way or another.

So why not bringing these two things together: food and making new friends?

This is exactly what Samantha Wolfson is trying to do with her project And the Table.

& the Table

www.and-the-table.com

Instagram: @and.the.table

Tiktok: @and.the.table

WATO

www.smartpeopledoingdumbshit.com

Instagram: @smartpeopledoingdumbshit

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Babies and children grow out of their clothes insanely fast. So, what are parents supposed to do? Buy new outfits every other week? And what happens to the old clothes that were barely worn. Puck Middelkoop came up with an idea to make the lives of parents a lot easier. 

Hulaaloop Website: https://www.hulaaloop.com/

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Sadly, IT is still a field where women are underrepresented – for multiple reasons. But there is a woman who wants to change that. After graduating from a Coding Bootcamp herself in 2017, Valerie Fuchs founded Cafe Robot that aims to be a little different to your usual tech community.

Book Recommendations

“Broad Band - the untold story of the women who made the Internet” by Claire L Evans

Links

https://www.instagram.com/madame_robot/

Female Freelance Developers Salary Report -> via Instagram Grid

Frederike Geerdink is a Dutch journalist who specializes in reporting on Kurdish people and political issues in Turkey. Her work has been nominated for the Brusseprijs, an annual prize for the best journalistic book in the Netherlands. The nomination stated, Fréderike Geerdink is one of those courageous Dutch journalists who do their work in dangerous conflict zones. Her book became a both political and beautiful personal account of the struggle for self determination in Turkish Kurdistan.

Fréderike Geerdink Twitter: https://twitter.com/fgeerdink

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There are certain rules that our society follows that we accept as a given. We do not think much about it. One of these rules is the following one: A person who commits a crime goes to prison. But what if prisons didn't exist? Could you imagine a world without prisons? Rescaled most certainly can, because they are challenging the concept of prisons, offering a replacement: small detentions houses. Veronique Aicha works for Rescaled Netherlands and she explains what this movement wants to achieve. 

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Website Rescaled: www.rescaled.org

Moving to a new place is always a challenge. Especially, when it is a new country. We need to figure out how things work, we need to find a home, apply for a job or fix our health insurance. When all of this is done, then there is the next step. Get to know the locals and find new friends. Often, we find our people in other expats.

When you take this sense of community and you through NFTs and web3 into the mix, then you get house of Peregrine. Founder Mickelle Weber is going to explain the concept and how people can participate.

House of Peregrine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houseofperegrine/

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Art and creative work show who we are. They show how we see the world, they show our ideas and our passion. But also where we come from. But unfortunately, there are still parts of the world that we do not get to see very often in art. Three designers and curators wanted to change that. This is how Non Native Native was born.

Non Native Native is co-founded by designers and curators: Belle Phromchanya, Darunee Terdtoontaveedej, and Honey Kraiwee.

Non Native Native: https://nonnativenative.com/

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Sexual abuse is inarguably a traumatizing experience. Often, it takes the victims a long time to be able to talk about what has been done to them. If they manage at all. But if they speak up and search for help, they often find themselves stuck in a bureaucratic system, long waiting lists and insufficient support. But there is one woman who wanted to change this system and she founded Stichting Together we rise.

Together We Rise Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesafespaceclub.nl/