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Romani Americans still struggle with discrimination

In 1939, amid the Great Depression, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt met with Roma leader Steve Kaslov in New York City to discuss how the crisis had affected Romani Americans. In her diary, she wrote: “They are a sad people and a minority group I feel we should try to help.” That was a historic and very rare expression of White House concern for the struggles of Romani Americans.

Today, as a new Democratic administration is about to take over amid another crisis, Romani American activists hope that the issue of discriminations the community has been facing for decades will finally be addressed.

With a population of about one million, Romani Americans have been part of the diverse American ethnic mosaic for centuries. Historically, Roma people arrived mainly from Europe, escaping oppression and hoping for a better life. But anti-Roma sentiments followed them across the Atlantic. Here, in the United States, there are also enduring stereotypes about a “culture of criminality” within the Romani community.

Such prejudice not only leads to discrimination against Romani Americans in their everyday life, but has also informed discriminatory law enforcement practices. A November 2020 study conducted by the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and Voice of Roma, a nonprofit based in California, has demonstrated the prevalence of institutional discrimination the Roma are facing in the US. At the same time, IRU members in the United States are taking strong steps to combat discrimination. Rain Bear Stands Last, Nidhi Trehan, Anatoly Butakov, Tashi Mathyin, Sarah Mathyin, Anya Theodora and others are most responsible for that activism.

 

Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/12/20/romani-americans-struggle-with-inherent-criminality-stereotypes

March 8 - International Women's Day

International Women's Day - a world holiday celebrated every year on March 8. It is a day to mark the struggle of women for economic, political and social equality with men.

The idea of celebrating a special day dedicated to women dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, and was especially insisted on by the socialist movement. The first Women's Day was celebrated on February 28, 1909 in the United States at the initiative of the Socialist Party of America. In 1910 Under the auspices of the Second International in Copenhagen, the First International Conference of Women was held and it was decided to celebrate International Women's Day, but without setting an exact date. The following year, March 19, 1911, this holiday was celebrated for the first time by more than a million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. On March 8, 1913, women across Europe held peace rallies.

Roma tribes - Arlii

The Arlians are a Roma group that has converted to Islam and whose members live in the territory of Turkey and all other countries that were under the Ottoman Empire in the past. It is a sedentary Muslim group whose group speaks the Roma (Aryan) dialect which does not differ much from other Roma dialects. Most of the Roma Arli in Turkey live in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and other cities.

Arlias are also found in Macedonia (Skopje) where they have their own Roma community, mosques, hodges, then in Kosovo where most emigrated to Serbia, Maribor, Austria and Germany, in southeastern Serbia (a significant number in Leskovac who converted to the Adventist Church ) in Bulgaria (where most have converted to Christianity or moved to Turkey and there are also some in northern Greece.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Documents for the education of the Roma – lots of goals but lack of funds

It is absurd that the state gives only 30.000 Euros per year for education and that speaks a lot of the target of the Action Plan. This sends a bad message towards the Roma

It is absurd that the state allocates 30,000 euros per year for education and that speaks enough on what is the point of the Action Plan. This sends a bad message to the Roma about what and how the state works in the field of Roma education.

The first Action Plan in education and the needs of the Roma in Bosnia was made in 2004. It had 4 goals and 47 measures, many of them are yet to be realized. It was initiated by all of the competent ministries for education in Bosnia where it was formally let into use. Then, a new document came to life – Revised Action Plan from 2010, then its continuation in 2018 with the action plan “Education of Roma in Bosnia 2018 – 2022”. But it is still a fact that the funds of 30.000 Euros on an annual level are not enough for the realization of these action plans.

 

Link: DOKUMENTI ZA OBRAZOVANJE ROMA: Mnogo ciljeva, ali malo novca - UDAR

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