{"id":120,"date":"2017-06-23T21:52:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T21:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2018-07-09T02:32:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T02:32:33","slug":"methodology-approach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology \/ Approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DKM prides itself in <strong>working closely with Roma women at a grassroots level<\/strong> and ensuring that the <strong>most vulnerable are given spaces<\/strong> to be heard and to convene to find the solutions to the various challenges affecting the community. The <strong>horizontal, participatory methods employed facilitate dialogic spaces<\/strong> and gives the floor to those Roma women and youth whom are often outside of these conversations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The congress will have <strong>three aspects<\/strong> that will provide contents for the debate and the proposals. The first aspect will be linked to the <strong>theoretical and academic action<\/strong>, the second aspect to <strong>interventions and practices<\/strong> and the third to the <strong>voices of grassroots<\/strong> Roma women. The spaces will have different formats to achieve dialogic spaces between women (speakers, papers, symposiums, workshops, seminars and others).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Drom Kotar Mestipen we propose that the congress revolves around the following topics: <strong>education, health, prevention of gender violence, feminism, health, labour market.<\/strong> In spite of it, it will be during the preparatory session in each country where the topics will be defined and agreed by consensus both the definitive topics of the congress as well as their working approach ( e.g.\u00a0 Workshops, panels, seminars, roundtables, working groups, etc&#8230;).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to ensure the success of the congress, there will be an <strong>intense prior work of contacting and coordinating work with organisations and women\u2019s groups<\/strong> from all the territories. Like this, we want to involve all the women and movements that want it in the organisation of the congress.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-268 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_7996.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_7996.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_7996-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_7996-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_7996-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_7996-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/IMG_7996-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Logo-Macedonia-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Logo-Macedonia-2.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Logo-Macedonia-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roma Women from all walks of life are preparing for the Congress. They are gathering in their communities to discuss \u00a0the issues that most matter to them and are brainstorming together to come up with practical solutions to those identified issues. \u00a0Here the project partner\u00a0<span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">N<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">G<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">O<\/span> <span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">K<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">H<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">A<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">M<\/span> <span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">D<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">e<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">l<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">c<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">e<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">v<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">o<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">&#8211;<\/span> <span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">M<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">a<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">c<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">e<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">d<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">o<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">n<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">i<\/span><span class=\"pg-1fc2 pg-1sc0\">a are supporting<\/span>\u00a0some of the women from their communities to dialogically prepare materials \u00a0for the Congress.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-120 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/english-classes-with-roma-students-held-in-delcevo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/English-classes-with-Roma-students-held-in-Delcevo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/gender-equality-and-non-discrimination-activity-held-in-ohrid-project-implemented-by-rwo-daja-and-ngo-kham\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Gender-equality-and-non-discrimination-activity-held-in-Ohrid-project-implemented-by-RWO-DAJA-and-NGO-KHAM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/gender-equality-and-non-discrimination-activity-held-in-ohrid-2-project-implemented-by-rwo-daja-and-ngo-kham\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Gender-equality-and-non-discrimination-activity-held-in-Ohrid-2-project-implemented-by-RWO-DAJA-and-NGO-KHAM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/hscl-activity-held-in-vilage-crnik-with-roma-mothers\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/HSCL-activity-held-in-vilage-Crnik-with-Roma-mothers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/motivational-event-held-with-roma-mothers-in-vilage-crnik\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Motivational-event-held-with-Roma-mothers-in-vilage-Crnik-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/public-and-political-participation-actvity-held-in-delcevo-project-implemeted-by-rwo-daja-and-ngo-kham\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Public-and-Political-participation-actvity-held-in-Delcevo-project-implemeted-by-RWO-DAJA-and-NGO-KHAM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/team-of-ngo-kham-ritrit-held-in-berovo\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Team-of-NGO-KHAM-Ritrit-held-in-Berovo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NGO KHAM Delcevo from Macedonia has had various meetings in numerous settings and some of the main themes discussed are the <strong>Image of the Roma Woman, Education, Health and the Roma Women\u2019s Feminist Movement<\/strong>.\u00a0 More concretely the women were saying that they felt represented as houswives, were seen as \u201cbehind the man\u201d, subordinate, vulnerable during conflicts and agreed that active participation in public and political life, having more positive presentation of Roma traditions and more role models of educated Roma women would all help redefine the Roma woman image.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Solidarity<\/strong> was another key theme that emerged and <strong>Education <\/strong>was heavily discussed. \u00a0For the community it was discussed that Workshops with adult Roma women was important as well as promotion of positive examples. <strong>Including the family in the school system and environment were also deemed critical if educational success and coexistence was to take place.<\/strong> \u00a0Reader clubs, motivational workshops, and participation of Roma mothers during some big event in the school whom provide aid to the teachers, were all examples of ways the families could get involved and support the school-home family life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Health<\/strong> was another topic that was discussed, and an issue that was looked at were early pregnancies. A list of the reasons why early pregnancies take place was complied: Lack of \u00a0education, extreme poverty, tradition, unemployment, gender discrimination during the upbringing, institutional ignorance or approval. And the consequences of this, as seen through the eyes of the women consulted were: Sexual infection, smaller concurrency in the labour market, interruption of the education process, economic dependency and poverty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a closing topic the <strong>Roma Feminist Movement was closely looked at and it was agreed that advancing the gender perspective in all socio-spheres was a important. <\/strong>Elimination of the gender based violence through including the women in all public sphere, promoting gender equality in schools, sexual education for ending the early marriages and revising marriage laws that are institutionally biased against women was critical, and\u00a0 legal representation of women was the final point stressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, the Roma women from the grassroots community were engaged in various dialogic communicative discussions which allowed them the opportunity to reflect, discuss, share and collectively offer solutions to the varying issues that they face.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Alternative Innovative Development <a href=\"http:\/\/aid.com.gr\/site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A.I.D.<\/a> Greek partners created a video &#8220;No Hate to Roma Women&#8221; as part of the Council of Europe&#8217;s #NoHateSpeech Campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-385 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/NOHATE-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/NOHATE-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/NOHATE.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r2JCop_Tc_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is a Roma-led international public interest law organisation working to combat anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma through strategic litigation, research and policy development, advocacy and human rights education.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-519\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ERRC_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ERRC_Logo.jpg 1685w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ERRC_Logo-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ERRC_Logo-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ERRC_Logo-1024x413.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ERRC_Logo-743x300.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since its establishment in 1996, the ERRC has endeavoured to provide Roma with the tools necessary to combat discrimination and achieve equal access to justice, education, housing, health care and public services.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ERRC&#8217;s Women&#8217;s Rights Officer Anna Orsos has been supporting the Pre-Congress preparations. Here she is speaking about International Women&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eE24NUGrIaA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-518\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Slide2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Slide2.png 720w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Slide2-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Slide2-709x1024.png 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iframe%20src=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEuropeanRomaRightsCentre%2Fvideos%2F1296027127132007%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560%20width=560%20height=458%20style=border:none;overflow:hidden%20scrolling=no%20frameborder=0%20allowTransparency=true%20allowFullScreen=true\/iframe\">http:\/\/<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEuropeanRomaRightsCentre%2Fvideos%2F1296027127132007%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"458\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-572 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/romni-onlus-logo_medium-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/romni-onlus-logo_medium-2.jpg 399w, https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/romni-onlus-logo_medium-2-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ROMNI ONLUS OCTOBER 2017 SUMMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Romni Onlus is based in Rome, Italy and brings together Roma and non-Roma women to work together regardless of their origin. Since 2010, Romni Onlus and its founder Saska Jovanovic have had the opportunity to confront the European realities of other Roma associations and beyond. Javanovic has participated in the various working tables where\u00a0 the association has shared and addressed the problems of the Roma women and has paid particular attention on ensuring that the most vulnerable Roma women from her community, that those voices are heard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2014 the desire to form a network where all Roma and Sinti women in Italy and elsewhere, can find the right support and a space free from any form of prejudice and discrimination, was born. The National Network received funding from the Open Society Foundations-Roma Initiatives Office, the first meeting of the various Roma women from various Italian regions, activists in the cultural and cultural promotion of Roma women \u00a0and migrants attended the meeting. The project envisaged the creation of a strong national network of Romani associations and activists, working on common goals through concrete and significant actions, including the organization of a conference on \u00a0the 8th of\u00a0 March 2014, which is the International Women\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Romni Onlus was part of the 1st Roma Women\u2019s International Congress in 2010 and has continued to work for the rights of her community. The organization has been a pillar of activist work taking place in Rome, Italy and has been invited to be part of several working groups, political entities and larger networks. They are now part of the 2nd Roma Women\u2019s International Congress and are working closely with grassroots Roma Women whom suffer triple exclusion and are vulnerably classed in Italy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As preparation for the 2nd Congress, Saska Javanovic met with local women from her community to discuss the thematic strands that were proposed by the Pre-Congress delegates. <strong>They agreed that indeed, education, health, economy and housing are fundamental to their lives and directly having on impact on their livelihood. <\/strong>However, a few more topics were uncovered and proposed to discuss during March\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Violence<\/strong>: Both physical and psychological abuse are affecting Roma women.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Fertility: <\/strong>For the Roma woman and for the Roma community, the concept of fertility is very important and it is therefore essential to demonstrate it to the community. If the woman is not fertile, it may lead to prejudices. The woman must feel within her the need to become a mother and not the pressure of her family and her own community.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Marriage and Motherhood:<\/strong> The young Roma women whom attended the meeting said \u201cwe young Rom women who have never suffered violence we can advise to wait for a few years of marriage (2 years) and only later, if you want a pregnancy, to try to get pregnant\u201d. This time and permission allows the individual personal and physical growth and then the concept of becoming a mother is a choice rather than an assumed. The cultivating of one\u2019s personal needs to achieve their own satisfaction and then take care of their own family, is a choice<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Education and the Roma camps:<\/strong> Many women in the camps want to further their education and it is an area that needs more attention.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Documentation:<\/strong> the documents and proving identity is areal concern for many of the Roma women in Italy. Many do not hold the correct documents and so are seen as not having an identity and this greatly affects their daily life and inhibits their ability to look and secure a job.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Housing:<\/strong> Living in housing conditions that can ensure the healthy and balanced growth of the woman but also of her own children and not live in the so-called &#8220;equipped villages&#8221; that only worsen the situation of our people.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Work:<\/strong> With a job the woman feels satisfied and independent of her husband, we believe that work is above all a protection for the woman because if she wants will, for any reason, separate from her husband and continue to live a dignified life without feeling &#8220;dependent&#8221; on man.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Religion:<\/strong> According to us, the church inside the Roma camps would not bring any positive aspect but anxiety and would lead to emphasizing the ghetto-field concept.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Political:<\/strong> We, Roma automatically face barriers because we are not politically oriented, and therefore we are not even important at the time of the elections, because Roma and Sinti from Italy for various reasons do not go voting. Since we do not belong to any party, we are not automatically under any protection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-120 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/img_1282\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_1282-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/matrimoni-cop-900x400\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/matrimoni-cop-900x400-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/attachment\/1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/sample-page\/methodology-approach\/attachment\/2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-623\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dromkotar.org\/congress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"109\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our other Italian partners\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.21luglio.org\/21luglio\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associazione 21 luglio<\/a>\u00a0(Rome, Italy)\u00a0 organised a meeting with their local Roma Women.<\/p>\n<p>The group focused its attention not on Roma in general, but on <strong>Roma that live in housing emergency in the city of Rome<\/strong> (in settlements or occupations). These Roma are poor and segregated and they come mainly from Rumania and Former Jugoslavia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issues emerged from the focus group:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Lack of investment on girls\u2019 <strong>education from the side of parents<\/strong> (girls are involved in houseworks, they participate less than their brothers into cultural, recreational and educational activities organized by associations especially if there are no other girls involved in those activities)<\/li>\n<li>As a consequence lack of <strong>work competences<\/strong> and opportunities to acces the job market (drift towards crime or illegal activities such begging as only income source)<\/li>\n<li>Women designated to <strong>domestic activities<\/strong> \u2013 if men do housework they are laughed at by the community<\/li>\n<li>Women as bearers of the family honour \u2013 especially measured through <strong>virginity<\/strong> preservation \u2013 value that limits the full freedom of movement, the access to education and to the job market (virginity is a fundamental value for Rumanian girls, less important for the Bosniac that are freer)<\/li>\n<li>Persistence of practices concerning virginity control that girls consider humiliating (stained sheet, examination the day before the marriage conducted by other women or by gynecologists)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reproductive health<\/strong>: lacking access to health services, in some cases because girls feel ashamed of having need of a support that comes from outside the family. From the other side of the coin, there is an insufficient attention of services witnessed by a progressive closure of health centers for foreign people (extra EU or comunitarian). Moreover the family counseling centers are not prepared to welcome different approach to matherhood such Roma women\u2019s one (see complementary feeding, etc.) As a consequence, Roma girls continue to ignore important aspects of early childhood development. The situation is woersened by a general indifference toward these issues from the side of male partners\/fathers.<\/li>\n<li>Use of <strong>contraceptives<\/strong>: Rumanian husbands do not usually want to use condoms (\u201ccondoms are for prostitutes not for wives\u201d); in some cases women use coils, <strong>but their husbands do not know it<\/strong>; the pill is a monthly expense and before using it women are required to do exams, so the cost represents a deterrent. In addition, even among the most emancipated Roma women it is widespread the belief that the pill causes malformations to children.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frequent abortions<\/strong>, used as contraceptive (some women had more than 20 abortions)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alleged tendency to illegal abortions<\/strong> provocked by medicines;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early marriages<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>As a consequence of economic dependence: <strong>domestic violence<\/strong> tied to subordination, influenced by poverty. Women tend to accept violence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Women who were present at this meeting plan to attend the Congress in March 2018.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DKM prides itself in working closely with Roma women at a grassroots level and ensuring that the most vulnerable are given spaces to be heard and to convene to find the solutions to the various challenges affecting the community. 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