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Resolution On the need for a strengthened post-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies and stepping up the fight against anti-Gypsyism

27th February 2019Jelena JovanovicResolutions2020, antigypsyism, EP, intergration, post, resolution, Roma, soraya

European Parliament resolution on the need for a strengthened post-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies and stepping up the fight against anti-Gypsyism (2019/2509(RSP)) B8‑0098/2019 The European Parliament, – having regard to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on…

Italy’s League: Roma census will ‘help’ community

4th July 2018Jelena JovanovicArticlescamps, groups, Italy, MEP, politico, post, registration, Roma, soraya

(20/06/2018) Politico Italy’s League: Roma census will ‘help’ community The Italian government’s plan to carry out a census of Roma in the country is intended to “help” not harm the Roma community, Italy’s Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Guglielmo Picchi said Wednesday….

Salvini’s comments on cataloguing Roma people a reminder of darkest days of European history

4th July 2018Jelena JovanovicPress Releasececile, european, Italy, MEP, MEPs, post, register, Roma, salvini, sds, soraya, union

(20/06/2018) Salvini’s comments on cataloguing Roma people a reminder of darkest days of European history S&D MEPs have strongly criticised comments from Italian Interior minister Matteo Salvini following his proposal for ethnic registration of Roma people in Italy. S&D Group…

First ever EU People of African Descent Week honours contributions of Europe’s Black populations

24th May 2018Jelena JovanovicPress Releaseafrophobia, blakc, congress, discrimination, ENAR, eoto, EP, EU, Europeans, hastings, justice, kynege, moore, post, U.S.

(14/05/2018) First ever EU People of African Descent Week honours contributions of Europe’s Black populations At a time when Black people in Europe experience hate crime, violence and deaths in police custody, use of racial profile, discrimination in education and…

One-Third of EU Countries Have National or Local Bans on Muslim Women’s Dress

27th April 2018Jelena JovanovicPress Releasebjork, headscarf, islamophobia, julie, malin, maryam, muslim, osf, osji, post, restrictions, soraya, women

(25/04/2018) One-Third of EU Countries Have National or Local Bans on Muslim Women’s Dress Nearly one-third of all the member states of the European Union have placed legal restrictions on religious dress at either local or national level, according to…

Feature: Soraya Post: Some think of feminism as a women’s issue, but it is not – it is an equality issue

27th April 2018Jelena JovanovicArticlesARDI, EU, feature, feminism, intersectionality, magazine, metoo, parliament, post, racism, soraya, sweden, women

(16/04/2018) Parliament Magazine Feature: Soraya Post: Some think of feminism as a women’s issue, but it is not – it is an equality issue Feminism is having a moment. Whether that moment is good or bad depends on who you…

Integrating EU’s minority Roma community

27th April 2018Jelena JovanovicArticlesERGO, EU, euronews, parliament, post, Roma, week

(09/04/2018) Euronews Integrating EU’s minority Roma community Coming together in Brussels to mark International Roma Day. Young Roma people, from several European countries, have been at an activism workshop – with their hearts set on eliminating poverty and social exclusion…

Why do we need an EU Roma Week?

27th April 2018Jelena JovanovicPress Release8, 8th, april, benedek, EU, greens, gypsyism, institution, javor, MEPs, post, Roma, romaweek, sd, soraya, week

(08/04/2018) Why do we need an EU Roma Week? The third EU Roma Week will take place in Brussels starting on 8th of April (International Roma Day) and continue until Thursday 12th April. The week will consist of a series…

Is the EU institutionally racist?

12th March 2018Jelena JovanovicArticlesalde, chander, deprez, diversity, EU, inclusion, institutions, kynege, MEPs, parliament, post, racism, racist, sd

(05/03/2018) Parliament Magazine Is the EU institutionally racist? On the current lack of diversity among EU staff, Syed Kamall says, “If you want to see diversity in the European institutions, look at the faces of the cleaners leaving the building…

At Jewish-Roma Holocaust event, bowing heads to the ‘forgotten victims’

1st February 2018Jelena JovanovicArticlesBulgaria, EU, europeanparliament, farright, holocaust, jewish, nazis, post, Roma, soraya, victims

(24/01/2018) The Times of Israel At Jewish-Roma Holocaust event, bowing heads to the ‘forgotten victims’ Jewish European leaders and Israeli lawmakers gathered with representatives of the Roma community in the European Parliament on Wednesday for a joint commemoration of the…

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