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International Conference Realizing the Rights of Roma Women in Ukraine
The conference will serve as a platform for the participants to develop gender–specific recommendations to national, regional and local authorities, aimed to address the pressing needs of Roma women and to ensure their equal rights and opportunities.
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Start date: 17 October 2018 | Start time: 06:00 UTC +00:00
End date: 18 October 2018 | End time: 03:00 UTC +00:00
Location:
17 October - Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, Kyiv; 18 October – Park Inn by Radisson Kyiv Troyitska,
Kyiv,
Ukraine
Event description
UN Women in partnership with the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Roma Women Fund Chiricli is organising the international conference Realizing the Rights of Roma Women in Ukraine.
The international conference brings together over 100 participants - high-level representatives of the Ukrainian legislative, executive and judiciary branches, oblasts and local administrations, members of the EU parliament and the UN treaty bodies, Roma civil society organizations from Europe and Ukraine, as well as grassroots Roma women from across Ukraine - to provide practical recommendations for elimination of discrimination against Roma women in Ukraine.
Over the two days of the conference, the discussions will focus on the international standards and norms, national legislation and the good practices from Ukraine and the European countries that advance gender equality, non-discrimination and protection of Roma with a specific focus on social and political rights, as well as the gender aspects of protection and security of Roma communities.UN Women in partnership with the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Roma Women Fund Chiricli is organising the international conference Realizing the Rights of Roma Women in Ukraine.
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