Ženska prava: Sudjelovanje Romkinja u javnom životu
Women's Rights: Romany Women's Participation in Public Life

Summary/Abstract: Serious violations of the rights of Roma, especially in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, have been the focus of the European community in the past five-to-six years. However, the issue of violations of the rights of Romani women remained unaddressed for a long time. The discourse focusing on the fight against violence and discrimination against Roma left out such issues as violence against Romani women, trafficking and gender discrimination. There are very few statistics on Romani women in Central and Eastern Europe. Apart from reports, interviews and discussion papers, one can find very few studies in relation to Romani women. A general lack of information has been further compounded by the reluctance of the Romani community to address certain issues having to do with private life, such as gender relationship, sexuality and some traditional customs. Probably among the most important reasons why there is so little information on women's issues in the Romani community are that Romany women are underrepresented in public life, on the one hand, and that, on the other, the Romani women's rights movement has not been part of the Romani movement as we have known it in the past decade.

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