The Ninth International Conference on Roma Women and Girls and Traveler Women and Girls, which was held recently in Skopje, organized by the Council of Europe and the Government of Macedonia, discussed the challenges, problems and solutions. The goal was to see what progress has been made in the integration of Roma and Traveler women and girls, to share experiences and highlight the challenges that need to be worked on in the future.
"It is our responsibility to create a society in which citizens, regardless of which ethnic community they belong to, will feel safe and have equal opportunities and access to resources for personal development and progress. A society that integrates and does not segregate, a society that unites and does not divide, that is, a society that includes and does not exclude," said the Minister of Labor and Social Policy, Jovanka Trenchevska.
The efforts we invest in improving the status of Romani women in our country, as indicated by Trenchevska, derive from the Strategy and national action plans for the Macedonian Roma, as well as from the special Action Plan for Romani women.
It is our obligation, she added, to take measures and activities to overcome this situation, to include Roma children in preschool education, to include Roma children in education, to care for them in day care centers in order to give them support, but and their parents.
