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Conference Conclusions
- Romani Women for Equal Opportunities
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Via European Women's Lobby - EWL
EUROPEAN WOMEN'S LOBBY - ROMA
WOMEN AS AGENTS OF CHANGE
& ENHANCING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ROMANI WOMEN
12 July 2011
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Rather, they need to actively
embrace the role of agents of social change towards promoting equal
opportunities, social justice and human dignity, eliminating prejudices and
unequal treatment, increasing self-esteem, and affirming economic independence,
cultural recognition and civic and political representation. This is one of the
major conclusions of the conference “Romani Women for Equal Opportunities”. The
3-day meeting in
Many NGO activists, including EWL
Members, attended the conference. Among them were the Romani Criss from
The conference was organised
within the framework of the project “Equality through Difference. Roma Women’s
Access to the Labour Market”, implemented by the Roma women’s association “For
Our Children”. On the one hand, the conference aimed at promoting the results
of the project. The research outcome focuses on the fact that gender
disadvantages and inequalities faced by a person may intersect with other
social inequalities due to her/his status, age or stigma related to her/his
ethnicity. On the other hand, it provided a space for interregional,
transnational and interdisciplinary dialogue about the situation of Roma women
in contemporary society, and about Roma women’s activism on the behalf of equal
opportunities for all, notably of persons disadvantaged on the basis of their ethnicity,
gender and/or age.
The conference also offered an
opportunity to present the new European network “Romnia - Romani Women United”.
Preceded by several earlier international initiatives, this network was
recently established in response to the need to ensure the participation of
Roma women at all levels of decision-making and the necessity to create a
platform for cooperation between Roma and non-Roma activists working for the
empowerment of Roma women in all areas of l
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