Romani women

The chair of the Quo Vadis association, Ingrid Kosová. (PHOTO: ROMEA TV)
Slovak NGO chair says half of all Romani women living in excluded communities experience domestic violence
20.1.2022 8:08 full story
videoElena Gorolová: Czech state compensation for illegal sterilizations is more of a gesture, it will never make up for the children we couldn't have
20.12.2021 17:34 full story
Brooke Pavek, an American with Romani roots, has more than 700 000 social media followers
5.5.2021 7:19 full story
Czech parliamentary committee overwhelmingly supports bill to compensate forcibly sterilized women
31.3.2021 17:18 full story
Czech census official tells ROMEA TV all identifying information will be removed from census forms to guarantee anonymity
24.3.2021 8:12 full story
Miss Czech Republic, who is Romani, wins title of "Miss Elegance" and is now in the top 15 of the Miss Globe 2020 beauty competition
16.11.2020 8:31 full story
Araceli Cañadas Ortega: Romani women are the roots that feed our communities with care and love
23.4.2020 7:28 full story
Romani woman on the front lines of COVID-19: Interview with a nurse in the Czech capital
15.4.2020 7:33 full story
Ukraine: Romani activist Anzhelika Belova hospitalized after stabbing, assailant arrested
28.10.2019 16:06 full story
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini faces criticism for calling Romani woman a "dirty gypsy"
11.8.2019 13:55 full story
video LIVE BROADCAST WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH: Last sessions of the Council of Europe's 7th International Roma Women's Conference
27.3.2019 5:20 full story
Jarmila Balážová now a member of the Barvalipe Academy of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture
15.6.2018 12:26 On 8 June, to mark the first anniversary of the establishment of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), the Berlin-based organization has announced the first seven Barvalipe Academy members nominated by ERIAC's “Pakiv” Board. These outstanding Romani personalities of the contemporary arts and culture scene are expected to guide ERIAC in defining its strategy and future activities. full story
Czech Republic: Forced sterilization will be focus of academic and public discussions
9.6.2018 10:56 On Tuesday, 12 June the Prague Forum for Romani Histories will dedicate its attention to one of the most serious cases of human rights violations in Europe in recent history - forced sterilizations. The program, entitled "Forced Sterilization of Romani Women in the Czech(oslovak) and European Contexts: Past and Present", will be divided into a morning expert seminar and an evening public debate. full story
Austria: Romani Artists Telling Stories of Resistance, Not Victimhood
2.6.2018 19:44 I first heard about Mindj Panther, two Roma sisters and actresses who act, rap, and make political art interventions, in 2014, during a trip to Vienna where I was performing. I was about to create my Roma feminist theatre company Giuvlipen in Bucharest, Romania and I was amazed to discover that something similar already existed in Austria. full story
Brutal assailant attacks Romani woman in front of her children, Czech Police can't get their stories straight
23.3.2018 16:48A brutal assailant attacked Lucie Badyová in front of her seven-year-old son and three-year-old daughter last Thursday afternoon on Kapitána Jaroše Street in the Czech town of Kadaň. He punched her, knocking her to the ground and continued his brutal assault as she was prone.
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Feminist Roma theater company celebrates the abolition of Roma slavery in Romania
5.3.2018 11:34 February 20th marks the liberation of the Roma population from slavery in Romania. For 500 years, most of the Roma in Romania were enslaved by Orthodox Monasteries and the boyars, who were the Romanian aristocracy. In commemoration of this event the feminist Roma theater company, Giuvlipen, presented Cine a omorât-o pe Szomna Grancsa? (Who killed Szomna Grancsa?) on February 23rd in Bucharest as a reminder that racism against the Romani people continues to persist. full story