Creator: Roma SOS
Description: The improvement of health status among Roma people requires multidisciplinary and multi- sectoral approach, cooperation among different stakeholders, and mutual trust. This video elaborates on the different activities organized by ROMA S.O.S., the relevance of its work, and impact on the ground around identified obstacles. Education, field visits, legal support, court protection, communication, realization of rights and acquiring documents, access to information about changes and additions of public politics, access to services, and media presentation are some of the problems faced by Roma in their access to healthcare.
Creator: Health Education and Research Association (HERA)
Description: This film is part of the global initiative "Girls Decide". It examines the movement of breaking down the stereotypes and prejudices existing about the modern contraception among young people in the country. Macedonia is a country where the usage of modern contraception is very low and where education of sexuality is without a place in the official curricula.
Creator: Health Education and Research Association (HERA)
Description: This film features a boy who is having to deal with his diverse sexual orientation with little to no support from his family. The same boy seeks guidance and knowledge from his biology teacher in regards to his sexual orientation. Unfortunately, these students are only getting information on anatomy and physiology of the human body, without important information such as sexuality and sexual relations.
Creator: Health Education and Research Association (HERA)
Description: This video was developed as part of HERA's social accountability and legal empowerment programs, supported by the Open Society Institute. These programs function to raise awareness in the Roma community for reproductive rights, to motivate women to report on violations of their health rights, and to promote paralegal services offered by Roma women in fulfillments of their rights.
Creator: Healthy Options Project Skopje (HOPS)
Description: In Macedonia, as throughout the rest of the world, sex workers are pushed to the margins of society by a combination of prejudice, discrimination, and violence. Yet, the fact that a person sells sexual services cannot be used as justification for the denial of their fundamental rights, to which all human beings are entitled. You Must Know About Me is a first-hand account of sex workers experiences and aspirations off and on the streets. While dealing with harassment and violence from clients, pimps, and the police, sex workers strive to counter hostile public attitudes by speaking out and fighting for their rights.
Creator: Healthy Options Project Skopje (HOPS)
Description: HOPS continues to raise awareness about the seriousness of the lack of treatment programs for resocialization and rehabilitation for children who use drugs, which provides their complete reintegration into society. HOPS is concerned about the dynamics of the Ministry of Health, who works on the manufacture of the protocol for the treatment of children using drugs. The protocol has been in preparation since 2012 and has still not been established. Although the current state with the number of children using drugs every year is getting worse, there is no adequate response from relevant institutions.
Creator: Healthy Options Project Skopje (HOPS)
Description: On the 30th of September, The First National Drug Policy Conference took place in Skopje, organized by HOPS. Fifty participants from Macedonia and other countries, among them the National Drug Coordinator from the Czech Republic, Jindrich Voboril, discussed issues of whether the repressive drug policies give results, whether the decriminalization of drugs is more efficient as a policy, and unique experiences in Macedonia, Czech Republic, Russia and Slovenia.
Creator: Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women of Republic of Madeconia (ESE)
Description: In this video ESE presents findings from the budget monitoring and analysis for realization and budget changes of the Ministry of Health's program for active health protection of mothers and children. The five Roma women featured in the video touch on issues of poor living conditions, limited access to health services, including outreach services, low level of immunization of their children, discrimination of Roma people in the immunization ward, non-implementation of health educational activities in Roma communities, non delivery of the invitations for vaccination in the Roma communities, and out of pocket payments related to immunization.
Creator: Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women of Republic of Madeconia (ESE)
Description: A Roma woman shares her personal story of having had surgical treatment for cancer of uterine cervix seven years ago. She regularly visited the gynecologist leading up to her diagnosis, but the gynecologist never performed a PAP smear. A gynecologist from the primary health care explains why it is important for women to get a PAP smear. Advocacy messages are displayed towards the end of the video in support of improved coverage of women, especially Roma women, with the program.
Creator: KHAM
Description: In this video, the Roma community from Crnik protests the rejection of Roma people by border police that enforce discriminatory practices. The featured community members provide testimonies that focus on their lives as a minority of people whom are not allowed to cross the border and earn a living wage. The Roma people call on the state to better allocate resources and create greater opportunities, so that they are not forced to find work across the border.