Roma inclusion newsletter Published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in cooperation with the European Commission - Directorate-General for Health and Consumers and the Interuniversity Institute of Social Development and Peace at the University of Alicante, Spain (WHO Collaborating Centre on Social Inclusion and Health) |
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Roma health and policy: equality and participation 19-23 March 2018, Budapest, Hungary. The objective of this 5-day executive workshop, co-organized by the Open Society Foundations' Public Health Program and the Central European Unicersity (CEU)'s Global Policy Academy is to share expertise and resources relevant to improving Roma health.
II International Roma Women's Congress: the other women 23-24 March 2018, Barcelona, Spain The Congress aims to bring together Roma women from grass-roots level from around Europe to engage in dialogue and together find solutions.
The Legacies of the Romani Genocide in Europe 17-18 May 2018, Paris, France This workshop is part of a series of events that explores how the legacies of genocide have shaped the social, political and cultural history of Roma and Sinti people, since 1945.
Romani identities: performance, antigypsyism and representation 2-13 July 2018, Budapest, Hungary The aim of this Central European University (CEU) summer school is to investigate the use and potential of critical artistic performance as a socially engaged practice within and between Romani communities.
2018 Annual meeting of the Gypsy Lore Society and Conference on Gypsy / Romani Studies 4-7 September 2018, Bucharest, Romania The meeting is being jointly organized on behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society by the Nicolae Iorga Institute of History of the Romanian Academy and the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest.
Fundamental Rights Forum 2018 25-27 September 2018, Vienna, Austria The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights next Fundamental Rights Forum will focus on strengthening the ties that bind everyone in the EU to the societies in which they live.
Past events
International conference: Roma in the past and today 25-28 February 2018, Skopje, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia This conference was intended to raise awareness about the Roma Holocaust.
Conference on Antigypsyism and film 22-23 February 2018, Berlin, Germany This international conference aimed to contribute to laying the foundation for a critical approach to the themes of Sinti and Roma and antigypsyism in film.
Regional workshop: Addressing discrimination and antigypsyism in the western Balkans and Turkey 13-14 February 2018, Berlin, Germany The main objective of the workshop was to ensure officials from the enlargement region dealing with Roma integration recognize and understand the issue of discrimination and antigypsyism.
Training course on working with (eastern European) Roma in a safeguarding context 25 January 2018, London, England The training course enabled to understand and use good practices in working with Roma communities in a safeguarding context.
National Roma Network Conference: Rights, equalities and future Roma voices 14 December 2017, London, England This event provided an opportunity to reflect on and discuss key issues for Roma people in the United Kingdom, consider the work of the National Roma Network Forum over the past two years, and look forward to the future.
2017 European Platform for Roma Inclusion 27-28 November 2017, Brussels, Belgium The 2017 European Platform for Roma Inclusion was dedicated to the challenges related to the transition of Roma people from education to employment.
Meeting of the Ukrainian Alliance for Roma Inclusion 16-17 November 2017, Kiev, Ukraine The meeting analysed ongoing activities and actions undertaken by the municipalities, as well as their future plans relating to Roma access to housing and identity papers.
Regional Conference: Filling in the budget gaps in Roma integration policies 10 November 2017, Tirana, Albania The conference was organized on the premise of ensuring decent living conditions for Roma men and women in the region. This can only be achieved if proper public and donor funding is allocated to implement Roma integration strategies and action plans, particularly those ensuring adequate and sustainable housing conditions and employment opportunities.
Conference: Imagining Canada's futures with Romani refugees & migrants 9-10 November 2017, Toronto, Canada The symposium, entitled "The Imaginative Ethnography Symposium: Imagining Canada's futures with Romani refugees & migrants" was organized by the Centre for Imaginative Ethnography. It included a keynote address on "Romani reality and the 'gypsy' myth".
Seminar: Under the same roof - how to work cross-sectorally on inclusion 25-28 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania This was a stakeholder seminar on cross-sectoral cooperation for young people with fewer opportunities, notably Roma youth, in order to enable their active involvement and integration in society. The event explored cooperation on inclusion between youth work and other sectors (formal education, employment, health, housing, police, social and private sectors, among others). |
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Research Belak A, Veselska ZD, Geckova AM, Dijk JPV, Reijneveld SA. How well do health-mediation programs address the determinants of the poor health status of Roma? A longitudinal case study. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2017;14(12):E1569. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14121569
Cahn C. Justice delayed: the right to effective remedy for victims of coercive sterilization in the Czech Republic. Health Hum Rights 2017;19(2):9-22.
McFadden A, Siebelt L, Gavine A, Atkin K, Bell K, Innes N et al. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller access to and engagement with health services: a systematic review. Eur J Public Health 2018;28(1):74-81. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx226
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1 For the purposes of this publication, all references, including in the bibliography, to "Kosovo" should be understood/read as "Kosovo (in accordance with Security Council resolution 1244 (1999))"
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About this newsletter This newsletter is published by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in cooperation with the European Commission - Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and the Interuniversity Institute of Social Development and Peace at the University of Alicante, Spain (WHO Collaborating Centre on Social Inclusion and Health). It was initiated by United Nation agencies working on Roma issues in Europe and also involves other international partners. The content of the newsletter is provided by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the Council of Europe (CoE), the Roma Integration 2020 - Regional Cooperation Council, the European Council (EC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Open Society Foundations (OSF). Financial contribution to the newsletter has been provided by UNDP, UNFPA, OSF, UN Women and WHO. © World Health Organization 2018 Contact us |
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