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Roma Feminists Navigate the Tricky Terrain of Ethnic Stereotypes

 Last year, as the news broke in the Romanian media that a man who had died of AIDS had infected over 30 young women with HIV, it became clear to me that much needed to be done on sexual education…

Roma: 2015 was a pivotal year

Two Milestones Put Romani Cultural Discourse in the Hands of Roma Themselves By Cayetano Fernandez For the Roma movement in Europe, 2015 was a pivotal year. It was the year Roma intellectuals and activists moved beyond “fixes” to employment, housing,…

Roma and the Strasbourg Club

Transcript of an interview held by Fedor Kondur, Ukrainian Roma radio “Chiriklo” with Nawel Rafik-elmrini, deputy mayor of Strasbourg, in charge of European and international affairs FK: Hello! I am Kondur Fiodor and I am from Roma radio “Chiriklo” from…

International Romani Language Day

International Romani Language Day The Alliance for the European Roma Institute wishes everyone a happy International Romani Language Day.  The Romani language, in all of its forms and all of its dialects, connects Roma across generations, across centuries, and across…

Cyprus: the Roma, standing for what they are!

Interview with Ms. Chryso Pelekani, Special Scientist, Ph.D candidate   University of Cyprus pelekani.chryso@ucy.ac.cy   Dear Chryso, please tell us where and when were you born? I was born in 1980 and I was raised in Limassol, Cyprus.   Where…

Roma Virtual Network

Introduction of Roma Virtual Network The Roma Virtual Network (RVN) is a public grass-roots initiative aimed to provide the international Roma community and friendly non-Roma organizations and individuals with useful information on Roma issues in variety of languages via the…

Shaping Attitudes Towards Roma Via On-line Media

 The Growing Power Of Electronic Mass Media  By Valery Novoselsky, Roma Virtual Network The influence of media on modern humanity affects people`s attitudes, sympathies, antipathies and motivation to act. The information and images brought into our homes and even cell…

Congratulations on 15th anniversary of Roma Virtual Network

Established in 1999, Roma Virtual Network will celebrate 15 years of highly-qualified services in the fields of communication, information and education on 19th July, 2014. Els de Groen, author, poet; former MEP and initiator World Artists Initiative “Khetanes” This is…

Crisis council of the association of displaced Roma and Egyptians from Kosovo in Montenegro

CRISIS COUNCIL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DISPLACED ROMA AND EGYPTIANS FROM KOSOVO IN MONTENEGRO PRESS RELEASE TIRED OF WAITING FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHTS, AND THE RIGHT TO DECIDE ON THEIR OWN DESTINY For the last 14 years Roma and Egyptians…

It’s not about you, me or ‘them’ – its about us.

A protest action is taking place mainly in Europe urging at least temporary placement of the now homeless Albanian Roma families that were put on the street August 7, 2013. This is when thirty-seven Roma families were forced out of…

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