With the census now underway in North Macedonia, Proud Roma Free Europe's local partner, Avaja, has launched its 'Be Proud Roma Like Us' census campaign video. Click through to watch the full campaign video.
With the Bulgarian census now underway, local civic organisation Roma Standing Conference, as part of the Proud Roma Free Europe campaign, is working to drive greater confidence in the census taking process among Roma communities.
Прочитајте за важноста на учеството на Ромите во пописот во Северна Македонија - од Суад Скендери, програмски менаџер во Ромалитико - Институт за истражување и анализа на политики.
Read about the importance of Roma participation in the North Macedonian census - from Suad Skenderi, Program Manager at Romalitico - Institute for Research and Policy Analysis.
AVAJA and the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), as part of the Proud Roma Free Europe campaign in North Macedonia, are launching the Barvalipe Talks series. The online lecture series will be live-streamed and feature prominent Roma academics, artists and other distinguished guests discussing topics related to Roma identity and culture.
To mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day this year, Opre Roma Serbia erected several “Roma Remember” commemorative billboards around Serbia. Much to the dismay of the Roma community, on the evening of 7-8 August, the billboard in Novi Sad was defaced, the poster torn, and a Celtic cross was graffitied on the pole – a mark of neo-Nazis.
Roma civic organization and Proud Roma Free Europe’s Slovakian partner - Hrdí Rómovia na slobodnom Slovensku – marked Roma Holocaust Memorial Day this year with a series of commemorative activities.
Italy-based Roma civic organisation and Proud Roma Free Europe partner Movimento Kethane held a series of online and offline events in Italy to mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, an annual day of remembrance for Roma victims of the Second World War.
Opre Roma Serbia, a civic organisation dedicated to fighting inequality faced by Roma, marked Roma Holocaust Memorial Day this year with a series of events to commemorate and raise awareness of the many Roma who lost their lives during the Second World War.
To mark the annual Roma Holocaust Memorial Day held on 2 August, North Macedonian civic movement AVAJA organised a series of events for the local community in partnership with the local government.
Opre Roma Kosovo marked this year’s Roma Holocaust Memorial Day with a series of activities in Pristina, as part of a transnational initiative to raise awareness about the Roma Holocaust and fight for its recognition in the canon of European history.