🥳#InternationalRomaDay!
The world is celebrating the legacy & history of #Roma people. Their contribution to social advancement in #Europe is immeasurable.
Therefore, we should lift the barriers of #Antigypsyism in an act of solidarity.
@antonioguterres @UNHumanRights @ECRI_CoE
Understanding how racism is hitting minorities in different ways in #EU is key to understand how it make us all vulnerable against a crisis like #coronaoutbreak.
This is why ENAR & @ZR_SintiRoma published a book on dimensions of #antigypsyism.
Read now: enar-eu.org/Book-Dimension…
“Step up human rights protection for Roma & guarantee their access to vital services during the #COVIDー19 pandemic” secretary general of the @coe @MarijaPBuric rightly demands in an joint statement with @helenadalli, #EU Commissioner for Equality.
Read: search.coe.int/directorate_of…
Roma communities tend not to be included in national/ EU #covid19 planning.
Further segregation of Roma communities & ignorance of fundamental food & housing needs have detrimental consequences.
This is why it is important to understand #Antigypsyism.
Read:enar-eu.org/Book-Dimension…
“If we are not counted, We do not count” is one of the chapters in the 2019 publication “Dimensions of #Antigypsyism”.
Coronavirus has shown how minorities including Roma don’t count in the EU and in national response to #CoronaOutbreak.
Read More: enar-eu.org/Book-Dimension…
#CoronaVirus has given a new life to racist attacks against minorities in Europe. Unfortunately #antigypsyism related attacks on Roma, Travellers and Sinti people have increased. World is watching how we end this.
Read More: enar-eu.org/Book-Dimension…
@JuliePascoet @ZR_SintiRoma
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