Empowered Roma Women Combating Discrimination (ROOTS)

Project facts

Project promoter:
Utopia(SK)
Project Number:
SK-LOCALDEV-0017
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€97,500
Donor Project Partners:
Self-help for Immigrants and Refugees(NO)
Other Project Partners
Union of Roma Mothers’ Centers(SK)

Description

Roma women across Europe face multiple discrimination – as members of a marginalized ethnic group they bear the consequences of ethnic and racial discrimination. The project aims at supporting Roma women in their efforts for self-empowerment. The project builds upon the long-term efforts of the grassroots network organization Union of Roma Mothers’ Centers (URMC) to develop their trans-local leadership in 9 towns and villages of one of the poorest regions of Central Slovakia. The efforts seek to build the capacity of the Roma women leaders to improve their skills, provide necessary tools and enhance their knowledge to combat multiple discrimination. It promotes Roma women leaders to be able to work better with their communities, respond to challenges, and further develop their leadership to overcome discrimination and existing barriers in political and economic participation. The key emphasis will be held in three areas, gender equality and combating gender-based violence, political participation, and economic participation. Partner organisations are taking active part in all project activities and are the key actors in communication with all regional stakeholders, marginalised Roma communities and non-Roma communities in their respective locations. The Norwegian partner SEIF is responsible for mutual exchange of experiences between the Roma activists from Oslo and URMC in the area of empowerment of Roma women.

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