Rural Voices

Rural Youth Europe•www.ruralyoutheurope.com

RYEurope is a non-governmental umbrella organisation, promoting and activating rural youth. In this podcast we raise awareness about topics that concern rural youth in Europe and give rural youth and their experience a voice.

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Episodes

Episode 6 | LGBTQI+ Rights & Inclusion

Episode 6 is all about LGBTQI+ Rights & Inclusion. Aris is joined by the newly elected special interests board member Siobhán Gallagher as they guide you through the episode featuring Dan's interview with Benjamin Firth, founder of AgRespect and Aris's interview with Lukas Stede from RYEurope member organisation BDL Germany. To close the episode Siobhán recaps the webinar "Commencing our Dialogue - LGBTI+ Positive Europe" which took place on November 2 and can be still viewed on Facebook now...

Nov 16, 2020•44 min

Episode 5 | Rural Work & Gender

In episode 5 we are focusing on women in agriculture. Dan is joined by Daniela Allram, the Group 2 representative on the Rural Youth Europe board, and they discuss gender inequalities within the agricultural industry. We have interviews with Ruth Parkes, a Northern Irish farmer and agri-women blogger, and Doris Letina, Vice-President of CEJA.

Oct 19, 2020•34 min

Episode 4 | Work as a Social Right

In the fourth episode of Rural Voices we are tackling the topic of work as a social right. Dan talks to Anja Fortuna, the 2021 Slovenian Rally Chair, as well as Kandikó Rita from Fekete Sereg Nagyvázsony, a Hungarian rural youth organisation.We would have been studying this theme at our biggest event of the year, the Rural Youth Europe Rally, so in this episode we also celebrate past rallies by listening to some rally memories from past participants.

Sep 08, 2020•31 min

Episode 3 | Non-Formal Learning

Rural Voices is back for the third episode to learn all about non-formal education and reflect on Rural Youth Europe's webinar "Ready, Scroll, Learn!". We share the highlights from the webinar delivered by Frederik Kaae Kirk and collaborated by Andreea Maris of the Swedish National Agency of Youth and Civil Society, as well as hear the learning outcomes and personal reflections from two of the webinar attendees - Emma Ilmonen and Barbara Sterkl.Check out the Non-Formal Learning webinar on our Yo...

Jul 27, 2020•36 min

Episode 2 | Safe Spaces

In this episode we hear how rural youth organisations have created safe spaces for their members to participate during Covid lockdowns. Appearing in this episode are:Rachel Goldie - NFYFC Eirik Førde- Norway 4HZane Šteinberga, Patrīcija Prindule - Latvian 4-H We also hear Moninne Griffith from BelongTo, a LGBT+ organisation from Ireland, speak about what safe spaces are and how we can create them for young people in rural areas. To find out more about their work please visit: https://www.belongt...

May 25, 2020•31 min

Episode 1 | Shrinking Civil Spaces

In the first ever Rural Voices podcast we learn all about Shrinking Civil Spaces in collaboration with the European Confederation of Youth Clubs at the study session hosted by the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg, France. We hear experts Rares Craiu Secretary General European Confederation of Youth Clubs, Anna Rurka President of the Conference of INGOs, Leonie Martin Member Council of Europe Advisory Council on Youth and we also hear young people sharing their personal experiences of shrinkin...

Apr 01, 2020•53 min

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