26.05.2020 11:00 – 26.05.2020 13:00

 Online Conference

#Act4RomaLives

Human Rights of Roma in Times of COVID-19

Tuesday, 26.05.2020, 11h-13h (CEST)

Roma communities across Europe are particularly vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19. Already before the outbreak of COVID-19, people with Romani background suffered from extreme poverty, segregation and racism. In the current pandemic, Romani settlements with people living in confined spaces without access to clean water and medical care risk becoming hotspots for the epidemic. At the same time, Roma in  a number of European countries are made scapegoats for the COVID-19 epidemic and are currently facing hate speech, ethnicized emergency measures and racist violence.

The Alliance for Solidarity with the Sinti and Roma  of  Europe  calls  with  the  campaign #Act4RomaLives on  the  governments  and  local  authorities  to  put  an  end to these unbearable  human  rights  violations  and  act  against  such  violence  and hate speech. Furthermore, there is  an  urgent  need  for  a  safe  provision  of  food, water, medical products and information material.

 

THIS IS A CALL FOR ACTION!

We want to mobilise organisations and individuals across Europe to join our network of self-organisations and political activists to…

...exchange information on the situation in the region and the most urgent needs
...become part of a platform for action against antigypsyism and Roma segregation
...develop new ideas for action
...gather resources in our common fight

 

Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jO5fXEnBSlmtyJRsoHvJlA

 

AGENDA

11:00 Opening and Introduction

11:15 Situation of Romani People in Europe

• Access to Health Care and BasicSupplies
• Violence and Hate Speech againstRoma

5 minutes technical break

12:00 Break-out sessions

• Tools for political activism and media work: How to raiseawareness
• Information networks / evidencecollection
• Experiences and Strategies for LocalSupport

12:45 Closing session: the way forward

Feedback of Break-out Sessions and Closing Remarks

Alle News

KONTAKT

Sarah Rosenau
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Bündnis für Solidarität mit den Sinti und Roma Europas
Bündnissekretariat | c/o Stiftung Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas | Georgenstraße 23, 10117 Berlin

Telefon: 030 – 99 00 82 14
E-Mail: sarah.rosenau@stiftung-denkmal.de

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