On 6 and 7 October 2015, the Council of Europe is organising together with the Government of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” the 5th International Review Conference of Roma Women in Skopje at the Hotel Holiday Inn.
The Review Conference will be attended by more than 100 participants, including Roma women from 20 member States of the Council of Europe, political figures, government representatives and experts. The event will take stock of developments in the area of Romani women’s rights and social inclusion at national level since the first international conference of Roma women in 2007 in Sweden and it will aim to build on the latest results of the 4th international conference from 2013 in Finland, particularly on the Strategy for the Advancement of Romani women and Girls, 2014-2020 of the Phenjalipe Network of Roma Women. Through the facilitation of side events and workshops, the Conference aims to provide space for Roma women and relevant stakeholders to exchange relevant experiences, work results and good practices and build stronger cooperation across countries. It also aims to discuss more in-depth specific priority areas identified during the preparatory process, namely the mainstreaming of gender in the national Roma integration strategies and local action plans, empowerment and participation as well as forms of violence against Roma women, with a focus on trafficking and child marriage. The conclusions and recommendations of the Review Conference may serve as further guidelines for relevant policy makers at national level and international organisations, including the Council of Europe.
The webstreaming is available on the 6 October from 09h30 to 18h00 and on 7 October from 09h00 to 13h00.
A follow up event to the Helsinki 4th International Romani Women’s Conference, organized by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the Ukrainian government and the Phenjalipe Informal Network of Romani women, is taking place in Kyiv on 24-25 November 2014. It will gather representatives from 11 countries, experts in Gender mainstreaming and/or Romani Women Issues from Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania, “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, international organisations, independent experts on gender mainstreaming and members of the Phenjalipe Network.
It aims to discuss the importance and practical ways towards mainstreaming gender into national strategies for Roma integration by identifying some of the most effective models for mainstreaming gender into existing national Roma integration strategies. In addition, the seminar intends to provide practical assistance to interested participants and Council of Europe member States to revise their existing Roma strategies from a gender mainstreaming perspective, and thus putting at their disposal an advisory expert group to be established in the context of this seminar. The report of the seminar will be shared with all the participants and it will be also presented during the 9th Plenary Meeting of the CoE Ad-Hoc Committee of Experts on Roma Issues (CAHROM) in spring 2015 by the CAHROM Gender Equality Rapporteur.
The seminar is part of the implementation process of the Strategy for the Advancement of Romani Women and Girls, 2014-2010 that will be reviewed at the 5th International Conference of Romani women, organized by the Government of “the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Phenjalipe and the Council of Europe, in September 2015, in Skopje.
Source; Council of Europe
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